Tim Bajarin for Techpinions:

Only time will tell if she was the right one to take over at this time in HP’s history but she has the leadership and communication skills HP needs now to keep it from sinking any further and rallying the troops around a unified vision. And at the moment, I believe that is the real reason the board decided on Whitman. They need her to correct the problems of the present now and get them moving in the right direction as fast as possible.

I believe Whitman can do that. Whether she can last long term remains to be seen, but she’ll certainly do better than Leo.