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Will the Sun Set in Oracle's Backyard?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:37 GMT

David Gardner called it. He’s up 1,334%! See what David’s recommending that you buy NEXT. You can say a lot of things about Larry Ellison, but never call him a quitter.
Source: Motley Fool

Quoted in '4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:26 GMT

said in GigaOM:

Oracle’s Larry Ellison today resurrected the company that designs a scaled-down desktop system — known generically as the network computer — and announced plans to ship new models in the first quarter of next year.

Born poor, now self-made billionaires

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:41 GMT

Rediff Business Desk in Mumbai He was adopted by a middle class family in Chicago nine months after he was born to an unwed Jewish lady.
Source: Rediff

Global CIO: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's Goodbye Letter To European Customers

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:08:21 GMT

What if Oracle gets truly fed up with the European Commission's abuse and decides that the simplest way to complete its acquisition of Sun is by pulling its business out of Europe and thereby sidestepping the do-nothing ditherers of the EC?
Source: Information Week

IBM feels cozy on sidelines as Oracle-Sun deal languishes in anti-trust purgatory

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:44:35 GMT

Chatting over drinks at the end of day one of the Software Analyst Connect 2009 conference in Stamford, Conn. , IBM Senior Vice President and IBM Software Group Executive Steve Mills told me last night he thinks the Oracle-Sun deal will go through, but...
Source: ZDNet

Money for a Once and Future Candidate

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:25:47 GMT

LOS ANGELES – That the A-list of Hollywood would be supporting the Democratic candidate for governor of California is probably not surprising.
Source: The Caucus

In Hindsight: Silicon Valley job cuts, mergers and 'Modern Warfare'

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:19:19 GMT

cutting jobs. Adobe Systems, the San Jose maker of graphic design and Internet software, is dismissing 680 employees, or about 9 percent of its work force — including about 200 in San Jose and 100 elsewhere in the Bay Area.
Source: The San Jose Mercury News

In Hindsight: Silicon Valley job cuts, mergers and 'Modern Warfare'

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:43:12 GMT

O'Brien: Ellison and Oracle may have met their match in Europe

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:43:10 GMT

some similarities on the surface, there are substantial differences between the PeopleSoft and the Sun mergers. These include the nature of the deals, the legal issues and the stakes.
Source: The San Jose Mercury News

Quoted in 'Global CIO: Why Are Microsoft, Oracle, And HP Bashing IBM?'

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:55:12 GMT

Larry Ellison said in Information Week:

We've already beaten IBM in software, now, if everyone will let us, we will beat IBM in hardware.

Why Larry Ellison hates Cloud computing

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:08:13 GMT

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:48:48 GMT

Oracle Corp co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison (R) takes the drink of newly named helmsman James Spithill in front of actor Harrison Ford (L) as they offer a toast to BMW Oracle's BOR 90 trimaran nicknamed "Dogzilla", during a news conference in San Dieg...

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:42:45 GMT

Oracle Corp co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison (R), actor Harrison Ford (L) and newly named helmsman James Spithill offer a toast BMW Oracle's BOR 90 trimaran nicknamed "Dogzilla", during a news conference in San Diego, California August 11, 2009.