Lynch of Autonomy Responds to HP Charges
January 6, 2013
You may have noticed the recent dustup between HP and the folks from unstructured data company Autonomy, which the tech giant acquired last year. Now, Autonomy’s former management speaks out via Web site at AutonomyAccounts.org. The site’s creator explains:
“This website is maintained by Dr Mike Lynch on behalf of the former management team of Autonomy. The site provides relevant information pertaining to the accusations made by Hewlett Packard (HP) on 20 November 2012 of financial impropriety at Autonomy. The former management team of Autonomy strongly rejects the accusations made by HP. . . .
“This site is designed to be a public point of contact for Dr Mike Lynch and other former managers at Autonomy with the wider world. It will contain information about Autonomy and any public statements made on behalf of the former management team related to these issues.”
Lynch emphasizes that he and his colleagues want to put this mess behind them as transparently and quickly as possible. A link to HP’s press release is provided, and the site presents an “open letter to Hewlett-Packard” penned by Lynch on December 3. The letter is full of details, and is worth the read if you’re curious, but it can be summed up with its most succinct paragraph: “I utterly reject all allegations of impropriety.”
Further down the page is a letter from the former management team, written the day HP blasted the company. It also strongly rejects the accusations, and closes with one of its own: “It took 10 years to build Autonomy’s industry-leading technology and it is sad to see how it has been mismanaged since its acquisition by HP.” Wow.
Cynthia Murrell, January 06, 2013
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