http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/11/23/hps-accounts-bombshell-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/ Wed, 22 May 2013 21:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2012/11/23/hps-accounts-bombshell-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/comment-page-1/#comment-11270 From_California Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:43:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/?p=15999#comment-11270 The idea that HP would have been "duped" by mere aggressive accounting or by differences between US and European accounting standards is so ridiculous that, if true, reflects more negatively on HP than on Autonomy. HP seems to be collapsing from the very center, incapable of understanding how bad these charges make them look. I've bought only HP PC's for over a decade, but no more. It's time to find companies that intend to exist in the future. The idea that HP would have been “duped” by mere aggressive accounting or by differences between US and European accounting standards is so ridiculous that, if true, reflects more negatively on HP than on Autonomy. HP seems to be collapsing from the very center, incapable of understanding how bad these charges make them look. I’ve bought only HP PC’s for over a decade, but no more. It’s time to find companies that intend to exist in the future.

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