Mike Lynch and Autonomy

In June 2024, Mike Lynch walked out of a San Francisco courtroom, a free man under the California sun.  He had been acquitted of fraud in a US federal court, where the conviction rate for those pleading not guilty is above 80 per cent. After 12 years of legal battles over the sale of the company he co-founded, Autonomy, he was “elated” — and ready to resume his position as one of Britain’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. 

Eleven years earlier I had written an article about him and Autonomy which I tried, but failed, to get published. Following his sad death on his boat "The Bayesian" In August 2024. I post it here: