Re: But the alledged dodgy accounting only bring forward sals 1 quarter
I'm struggling to see your point. Either;
a) Autonomy were very good at forecasting (or the Analysts were)
b) HP/KPMG should have spotted something that stood out like a sore thumb
Whatever the cause, how do you answer the original question. Allegedly moving sales from one quarter to the previous to meet sales expectations can not explain the $11b write off. There could have been at most one month sales forward booked to inflate the revenue, otherwise, there would have been a massive hole in the Balance Sheet which KPMG should have spotted during their due diligence.
I predict the US courts finding Hussain "guilty" of recognising sales under UK GAAP that were not recognised under US GAAP and so were "obviously wrong" despite the fact that Autonomy was a UK company and despite the fact that documents show HP were fully aware.
HP will then make a song and dance about how they were "right" all along and it was nothing to do with their mismanagement and the whole problem of why they massively overpaid will be swept under the carpet