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Vertical integration makes good sense, but I don't think that's the situation HP is in. This is more of a horizontal split up. It does mean they can apply less collective pressure on component providers, but only to the extent that those business have overlapping needs. So one way to clarify the parent's point is that businesses should split up when they sell to different markets. I think the previous hesitation to take that step was the degree to which HP actually did have some (not hugely convincing) sales synergy between its server and printer businesses.