In california there is at-will employment so it's difficult to imagine that HP would have ever won their lawsuit which would have prevented Mark Hurd from worki

In california there is at-will employment so it's difficult to imagine that HP would have ever won their lawsuit which would have prevented Mark Hurd from working and "earning" a living as the state would have seen it. HP settled because it's the smart thing to do to get this behind the company and go on to focus on it own business. I'll be excited to see who they name eventually name as CEO and whether it's an insider or outsider.