One man's manure is another man's gold and that is pretty much the way the world views Autonomy. To some it is a hot brick not to be touched with someone else's bargepole.
When we last looked at G4S it was still pretty much all about armoured vans and ferrying about cash and/or villains.
The Faroe Islands are famous for, ooh, fishing and once drawing an international football match with Scotland.
It is a while since we looked at AstraZeneca and the world itself has changed since then - never mind the market.
Some companies have had their ups and downs but very few more than PartyGaming.