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HP CEO Goes On the Lam As Oracle Hunts Him Down
theodp writes "Oracle said HP has refused to accept a subpoena requiring new CEO Leo Apotheker to testify in a trial against his former employer SAP, which will determine how much SAP owes Oracle for copyright infringement by its discontinued TomorrowNow unit. 'Mr. Apotheker started work for HP on Monday, but it now appears that the HP board of directors has decided to keep him away from HP's headquarters and outside the court's jurisdiction,' an Oracle spokeswoman said. 'We will continue to try to serve him,' she added. An HP spokeswoman countered: 'Given Leo's limited knowledge of and role in the matter, Oracle's last-minute effort to require him to appear live at trial is no more than an effort to harass him and interfere with his duties and responsibilities as HP's CEO.' The spokeswoman declined to discuss the whereabouts of Mr. Apotheker, who was featured in a 2006 SAP/TomorrowNow press release attacking the 'uncertainty' of Oracle. Coincidentally, among the charges leveled at SAP/TomorrowNow was 'pretextual customer log-in,' an area in which HP has some subject matter expertise."
He's a ninja.
Or, at least, he can afford to hire a bunch of them.
Did anyone check the dumpster out back? That's where I'd hide the body, I mean, hide a CEO from the law.
Don't worry, they'll find him when he checks his Facebook page!
There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
In 2010, a cracked CEO was sent to prison by a patent court for a crime he didn't commit. This man promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire... The HP-Team.
Hoist Number One and Number Six.
No it's not you. I find HP's executive board's decision to make Leo CEO unstable to HP's brand. I know HP and Oracle like to work together on large deals too, so it makes for strange bedfellows. The reality is HP has some real talent in their ranks at the executive level that could have easily taken the reigns. I think there would have been more pride for the HP employees to see someone from inside their ranks get the title of CEO. But now it looks like some tech giant CEO shuffle as CEOs play pass the title from one failure or embarrassment to another. The only up side is maybe this is a bit like the days where kingdoms forced marriages between royalty to stave off conflicts. Except HP and SAP to release a press release in the next few quarters on "working together."
As someone who is a customer of both of these companies, I kinda wish they'd spend less time throwing lawsuits at each other and more time providing value to their customers. I'm just sayin'...
It's not the height, it's the width requirements that would kill most nerds...
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
All I'd have to do is stake out the next pro-am golf tourney, the most expensive ski resort, the biggest VIP box at his favorite sports team's next game, the most expensive rental in Martha's Vineyard, or the biggest sloop at the next luxury yacht regatta. Looking for a CEO at work is just stupid.