1、the everyday acts of manyWhat does the future require of us today?We cant forget that technology is ultimately about people.89,000 hp people around the globe15,700 people joined hp this year2So far,the Net has been about inventing new ways of doing old things.Now,we have to invent things that have n
2、ever existed before.founded in 19393Standards-based approaches will helpthis world evolve to its fullest.4We can unleash the inventiveness and economic power of 4 billion more people.more than 50 percent of hp people have joined hp in the past five years5Theres power in aligningtoward the same goal.
3、hp conducts business in more than120 countries6It starts with me.began reinventing in 20007While advancements are often madepossible by technology,they are madeprofound by people and their decidedlyhuman aspirations.Thats because vir-tually all meaningful advancements inbusiness,society and life are
4、 notachieved through the bold acts of afew,but the everyday acts of many.carly fiorina,chairman,president and ceo 89Dear fellow shareowners,Systemic,sustainable advances in business and society are seldom defined by a single bold act.Instead,they arerealized through the everyday acts of many.This pa
5、st year shows what is possible when the 89,000 people of Hewlett-Packard put their minds to some-thing and contribute in their own creative ways to a unified effort.FY00 will go down as a pivotal year in our history,a year in which hps reinvention gained sufficient velocity and direction to begin dr
6、iving meaningful,sustainable progress.As we enter the 21st century,we stand at the edge of a new era,an era in which technology will become evenmore deeply woven into the fabric of business,society and our daily lives.As we enter this era,a new technologylandscape is emerging.A landscape thats defin