Hewlett Packard has fallen from grace arguably farther than the Republican party. I'm waiting for some foreign government funded nobody to buy up the name to sell disposable electric cars and smart home espionage devices.
And touted her business experience during the campaign. Experience at making a bad merger and being widely regarded as one of the worst CEOs in tech. Engineering teams were celebrating when she left.
We should all remember this when it comes to other companies we like, such as Valve. The current leadership might be great and engineer-driven. The next set of leaders might not.
Funny, this is the problem with monarchy that drove western civilization to stop that nonsense. You can have the efforts of ten great (or at least mediocre) kings spoiled by one Joffrey or John of England.
It's how nations established constitutional monarchies and eventually republics.
If I ever get a new printer, I'll buy some old laser printer, and refill the toners myself. I did it a few times in one of my father's former workplace, one just needs to wear clothing they don't need anymore, maybe some protective equipment for the dust.