This was a great quarter. By any measure, we hit our stride and demonstrated what the merger was all about.

It's now time for all of us--those who supported the merger and those who opposed it--to pull together for the benefit of the company.

We are gratified that HP shareowners recognize the compelling strategic and economic benefits of the merger and that a decisive majority of shares not affiliated with the Hewlett and Packard families and foundations appear to have been voted in favor of this transaction,

combined to spoil what could have been a very good quarter.

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

I'm "very disappointed that we missed our (earnings per share) growth target this quarter due to the confluence of a number of issues that we now understand and are urgently addressing. I accept full responsibility for the shortfall.