It seems Hurd has decided on huge numbers of redundancies in EDS, without actually bothering to find out what those people do. So he is forcing through huge cuts to make himself look tough, and his apparent profit look great. And his bonus, no doubt.

But you have to wonder what happens once all the EDS projects in the UK are short staffed, and even less able to keep the customer happy. Once there are not enough staff to deliver anything, what is Hurd's strategy? When the customer (and that's mostly the government) notices that there is no way anything can be delivered, will they be saying "Well, Hurd has done a good job for his shareholders, and they are the ones that matter"?

Faeces and ventilation systems are going to coincide spatially, soon.

HP will have zero credibility in the UK, the way they are screwing up EDS.