The 11 rules of the HP Garage (where all began)

In case someone thinks Hewlett & Packard had something so oddly anachronistic pinned to their garage wall back in 1939 -

The rules were first formulated by Carly Fiorina in 1999 - during her tenure as then HP CEO - and were later used in a Hewlett-Packard ad campaign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_the_garage

In other words, it's insipid marketing fluff. A silicon valley version of "Just Do It"

Damn. That kind of ruined it for me. Thanks.

can someone change the topic to "11 rules of Fiorina (where it all ended)" please?

If any such list of rules was pinned to the HP garage wall, they were probably a lot more pragmatic. "1) Open kitchen windows when using oven to cure paint. 2) ALWAYS remove panels from oven before Lucile gets home."

Kelly Johnson's 14 rules of management are great, especially the unwritten one:

Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don't know what the hell they want and will drive you up a wall before they break either your heart or a more exposed part of your anatomy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Johnson#Kelly_Johnson....

My favorite: "Work quickly, keep the tools unlocked, work whenever."

This rule would work for the best hacker in the office or the worst slacker.