完美无缺PERFECT ENOUGH

Freshfromhertriumphatlucent，CarlyFiorinatookcommandofHewlett-packardinjuly1999.Eversince,therehasbeenworldwidefascinationwithhereven-tualdestiny.ShewasVenturingfurtherthananywomanpreviouslyhadintotraditionalmen\'sterritory.Thiswasn\'tjusttheengineer\'srealmofbitsandbytes;thiswastheguys\'worldofbeerblasts,rolled-upshirtsleeves,anddeer-huntingtripstothefounders\'ranch.CouldFiorinausehercharismaticsalesmanship,earthywit,andironwilltorescusa$40billioncom-panyfromapainfulperiodofdecline?Ifshefailed,wouldhermisstepsdestroyHewlett-Packard,thereveredcomputerandprintercompanythathelpedcreateSiliconValley?PerfectEnoughisthedefinitiveaccountofthemostdangerousyearincarlyFiorina\'slife,chroniclingherdaredvilbidtoremakeHPwitharecord-shattering$20billionacquistionofarchrivalCom-paqComputer.Notsincethelate19805-whenWallStreetoperativesbattledoverthefateofRJRNabisco-hasttakeoverdramasodecisivelymovedbeyondthebusinesstobecomeanenduringpassageinAmericanhistory.LoominginthebackgroundfortheentirestoryaretheghostsofDavePackardandBillHewlett,twoAmericanheroeswhofoundedHewlett-PackardinaPaloAltogarageduringtheGreatDepressionandbuiltitintowhatwaswidelyknowasthebestout=fitonearth,Althoughtheydiedasbillionairesintheireighties,beforetheHP-Compaqtakeoverdramabegan,theirprinciplesremainintact.Someofthebook\'smostsearinglyemotionalscenescomewhenCarlyFiorinaandBillHewlett\'soldestson,Walter,fighttothepointofexhaustionaboutwhichofthemistherightfulheirtothefounders\'legacy.InPerfectEnough,PulitzerPrize-winningauthorGeorgeAndersdrawsonunparalleledaccesstoHewlett-Packardinsidersandboardmembers-includingdissidentWalterHewlett-towriteaboutatakeoverbattlethatrockedWallStreet,Stunedtoday.Itisaspellbindingchroncleofhope,ambition,betrayal,despair,andfamilypride.