Autonomy's financial reports? I didn't even read KPMG's due-diligence, says ex-HP CEO Léo Apotheker

Ex-HP CEO Léo Apotheker had not read any of KPMG's due-diligence reports on Autonomy ahead of his company's $11bn acquisition of the British software maker, he told London’s High Court on Tuesday. Under cross-examination from barrister Robert Miles QC, acting for former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, Apotheker painted a grim picture …

[Anonymous Coward]

I met Apotheker once...

..when I was working for HP.

"Rabbit in the headlights" is the best way to describe him at the time - completely out of his depth.

[Anonymous Coward]

Insane

HP has no case, and is a laughing stock. If they had half a brain, they'd settle now.