NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N:) conducted feasibility studies on placing spies in news bureaus of two publications as part of an investigation into leaks from its board, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

A long way from the prototypical garage days. A company got here on the lease of two women. Odd. Perhaps female Captains of Commerce (COCs) have to play it up for the boys. To act tougher, like the chicken hawks. If you don’t have the balls pretend harder.

Or maybe it’s just the time. Post Reagan. Post Gecko “greed is good.” A time when “no body is going to put anything past me.”

I am the COC of HP.