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Former HP CEO Selected As Oracle Co-President

Posted by Soulskill on from the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-old dept.

theodp writes "Late on Monday, Oracle announced that ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd has joined the company as a co-president and a director. Hurd resigned from HP a month ago, after an investigation by the board into a personal relationship with a contractor turned up questionable expenses. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a personal friend of Hurd, criticized HP's board at the time, saying it was 'the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs.' 'Mark did a brilliant job at HP and I expect he'll do even better at Oracle,' Ellison said in a statement Monday. 'There is no executive in the IT world with more relevant experience than Mark.' Stepping down to make room for Hurd was Charles E. Phillips Jr., who had some personal relationship issues of his own."

5 of 133 comments (clear)

  1. Re:At Oracle you get fired by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was only for failing to "COMMIT" your "TRANSACTION"?

  2. Experience counts! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well at least Mark Hurd has demonstrated experience screwing people. With the way Oracle has been behaving of late (Java, OpenSolaris) this will probably be a great job asset....

  3. Re:Larry Ellison Doesn't BS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...........,,,,,,,,

    There are some extra periods and commas I had laying around. If you need more, I'm sure others have extras too.

  4. Re:Long Live Crony Capitalism by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if Mark Hurd is "well-connected", that would mean that he actually is more valuable as CEO to a company like Oracle, especially because his connections are probably especially relevant to Oracle's industry.

    No kidding. You can't really sell Oracle, Peoplesoft, etc. on actual merit or return on investment, so connections are at a serious premium.

  5. Doesn't Oracle know... by StuartHankins · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can't polish a Hurd?