For the ones who say due diligence is constrained by time and the company not showing visible signs of fraud, accusations have been flying around for a long tim

For the ones who say due diligence is constrained by time and the company not showing visible signs of fraud, accusations have been flying around for a long time. See http://email-museum.com/2010/04/22/autonomy-creative-accounting/ http://email-museum.com/2010/04/22/autonomy-creative-account... for example. And note that HP and Autonomy were close partners, HP sells and deployed Autonomy's software. It's not like they have only worked together occasionally. This kind of stuff is everywhere. Disclaimer: worked at ex-competitor.