HP: Former executive boosted secrets then bolted

Source: AP

By JORDAN ROBERTSON

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. has filed a lawsuit against a former executive over allegations he took trade secrets with him when he went to work for rival Oracle Corp.

The case against Adrian Jones, who was a senior vice president in HP's server, storage and networking division in Asia, shows the growing rancor between the Silicon Valley technology titans. HP's and Oracle's decades-long partnership is being strained by growing competition between the companies.

HP said Jones resigned Feb. 16, before he was about to be fired for allegedly violating HP's standards. He is accused in the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday, of failing to disclose a "close personal relationship" with a subordinate, and of submitting thousands of dollars in expenses for visiting the subordinate that didn't have a legitimate business purpose.

HP says Jones of downloaded hundreds of files and thousands of emails detailing HP's secrets before he quit.

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http://i.crn.com/pdf/hp_suit_040811.pdf

lots more going on there than I thought - bad stuff

for pilfering far less than this criminal executroid appropriated for himself. Viddy well, my little droogies, as this two-tiered justice diorama plays out before your eyes.