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U.S. Attempts to Block Oracle Bid for PeopleSoft
AliasF97 writes "Thought you all might be interested in this story about the U.S. government attempting to block Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft via a civil anti-trust lawsuit. Seems to me that the courts are going to have their work cut out for them on this one. Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."
His picture makes him look like "the rock". The caption under the picture should say something like "can you smell what I'm cookin".....
If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician. Now, if you but a black cape and stovepipe hat on him, he'd look exactly like Snidely Whiplash
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician.
A circus magician...with a net worth of about $15 billion.
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Because he hates BillG and supports Linux, of course.
"Give away the stone, let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and faded anchor." - Maynard James Keenan
...and I'll say it again. Ellison looks exactly like what you'd expect Satan to look like. All he needs is to add some horns.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
So how many of you read the article just to see Ellison's photo?
I'll be honest. I did.
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If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician.
No no no. If he was a circus magician, then Oracle's products would be affordable.
He's clearly a Vegas Magician. Same act, but the ticket costs $120 instead of $6.
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
He always looks comical to me. Like some kind of CEO-bot from the year 4000. I keep expecting his face shield to spring off to reveal metal and LEDs and servomotors. Either that or he gets a scratch on his cheek which reveals that his facial hair is actually painted on.
"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy." --Theodore Roosevelt
This has been bugging me for a while now, and all the articles and things I've read seem to think it's a given.
WTF does peoplesoft do? Software vendor? What software?
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"Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."
Can you SMELL what Larry Ellison is COOKIN*' ?!!
*single eyebrow shoots up
I'm a PeopleSoft employee, and am glad I can stop practicing my burger flipping skills.
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Better yet, ask anyone who used to work there... anybody still working there is under strict instructions not to reveal Ellison's true identity...
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
Oh! yeah, you mean that postgres clone... shure!... who cares anyhow?
NO SIG
I worked for Oracle for three years, before they sold the division I work for.
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Larry owns my new company too, but whatever . .
Ellison's parking space was right outside of the 500 building entrance. I saw him wandering around the parking lot, cell phone clamped to his ear, a few times. The space wasn't specially marked, just one of a bunch of reserved spaces.
Once, during a staff meeting, the boss mentioned that the division managers were trying to come up with text for a sign for Larry's spot, because people who didn't know better would park there.
The favorite suggestion:
EXIT INTERVIEW PARKING