HP won't say if CEO to testify in SAP-Oracle case
摘自：http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2725968720101027
* Oracle said HP trying to keep CEO from testifying
By Gabriel Madway and Jim Finkle
SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) has declined to say whether its incoming chief executive, Leo Apotheker, will testify in a high-profile trade secrets case involving Oracle (ORCL.O) and SAP (SAPG.DE).
HP, the world's largest technology company by revenue, would not say whether Apotheker, a former CEO of SAP, will start his new job at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters.
Those offices are close enough to the Oakland courthouse, where the trial is being held, to make it easy for Oracle to formally serve him a with subpoena to testify.
The trial begins Monday, which is also Apotheker's first day at HP, and is expected to last for five weeks.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has accused Apotheker of supervising the theft of his company's software. He said on Tuesday that he suspected HP's board planned to keep Apotheker away from the company's headquarters until the trial is over.
SAP spokesman Saswato Das defended HP, saying that Ellison's facts about his old boss, Apotheker, are wrong.
"In his personal campaign against HP and desire to create a sideshow, Larry Ellison doesn't even bother to get the facts straight," Das said. "Our focus in the case is on determining fair and reasonable compensation, and we won't let personal vendettas interfere with the court's judgment."
An HP spokeswoman on Wednesday would not say where Apotheker will be when he starts work. The company said it does not release schedules for its executives, and declined to comment further.
Apotheker said earlier this month he planned to spend the "following weeks and even months" traveling the world to talk to HP employees. HP named him CEO at the end of September.
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told Reuters that he would testify if called by Oracle and that he will be in the courtroom next Tuesday when his company's attorneys present their opening argument.
"I want to show that the co-CEO of SAP has a personal and professional interest in our company, in our brand and the way this matter is handled," he said in an interview. (Reporting by Gabriel Madway and Jim Finkle; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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HP不说明CEO是否去证实SAP和甲骨文的案件
*HP不会公布具体执行时间表的时间。
*甲骨文说HP试图保持CEO的作证
来自Gabriel Madway 和 Jim Finkle报到
旧金山/波士顿 10月27日（路透社）惠普公司已经拒绝传入执政长官， Leo Apotheker将会高调出席作证涉及甲骨文商业机密案。
HP公司，作为世界上收入最高的技术公司，对于Apotheker，前SAP的首席执行官，他将开始在该公司的总部， Palo Alto，加利福尼亚州，迎接他新的工作。
这些办事处足够接近奥克兰法院，而这里正在举行审判，而这有利条件，将使甲骨文能轻易送达传票并作证。
审判从星期一开始，这也是Apotheker的在惠普的第一天，预计要持续5周。
甲骨文公司首席执行官Larry Ellison指责Aptheker剽窃他们公司的软件，他周二表示，他怀疑惠普董事会计划让Apotheker远离总部，直到审判结束。
SAP公司发言人Saswato Das为惠普辩护，说Apotheker对Ellison的老上司的事实情况是错的。
“在他的表现看出，他只是在惠普面前搞了个穿插表演，埃利森根本不屑得到弄清事实，”达斯说。 “我们在本案争议的焦点是确定公平合理的补偿，我们不会让个人宿怨干涉法院的判决。”
惠普发言人在周三说明不知Aptheker将在什么时间开始工作，他也表示，不会透露其执行时间表，并拒绝进一步发表评论。
Apotheker说，他计划在本月初花“接下来的几个星期，甚至几个月”周游世界惠普员工交谈。惠普在九月底的任命他为首席执行官。
SAP的联合首席执行官比尔麦克德莫特告诉路透社，他将会停留到下周二代表甲骨文上法庭证言，并表示保持他们公司律师的开放论点。
“作为SAP公司首席执行官，我想说的这在我们公司只是个人和专业兴趣，这关系我们的品牌和怎样去处理这个问题。”他在接受采访时说。 （加布里埃尔Madway和吉姆芬克尔报告;由史蒂夫Orlofsky编辑）
* HP does not release executive schedules