A bitter debate over Hewlett-Packard’s $8.8 billion impairment charge and allegations of fraud is already playing out in rare public form as Autonomy founder Michael Lynch and H-P volley accusations and threats through the media.

A bitter debate over Hewlett-Packard’s $8.8 billion impairment charge and allegations of fraud is already playing out in rare public form as Autonomy founder Michael Lynch and H-P volley accusations and threats through the media.