A jury of Californians acquitted the Autonomy founder, who on trial tried to show that life is ‘nuanced and messy’
“This is a momentous day in Autonomy’s history,” Mike Lynch declared in a press release on 18 August 2011. He was announcing the sale Autonomy, his software firm, to Hewlett-Packard for $11bn.
For Lynch 6 June 2024 would prove more significant.
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