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HP CEO Leo Apotheker said shortly afterwards he arrived at the company that he would like to see it in enterprise software more deeply. Clearly he came from SAP and is probably uncomfortable with low-margin PC hardware, especially when demand is dodgy, though the company described the unit as "core" only five months ago. Rumors of a spin-off have been low level off and on for months. HP is the largest PC supplier in the world. It's unclear how the unit, which accounts for a third of its revenue, would be spun off.

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