7 posts and columns on Oracle OpenWorld

Benioff: Larry Canceled Me Because I Was Mean to Him on Facebook

in News on October 5, 2011 at 3:43 pm PT

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says his spat with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is really over a mean Facebook post.
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Marc Benioff Yanked From Oracle OpenWorld Speech

in News on October 4, 2011 at 8:29 pm PT

While Oracle says it’s just a scheduling change, it probably has more to do with Benioff’s recent speeches slamming Oracle.
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Dell Working on 7-Inch Android Tablet

in News on September 22, 2010 at 11:57 am PT

Dell has another tablet in the pipeline. And according to CEO Michael Dell, who announced it at Oracle OpenWorld today, it will run on Google’s Android OS, just like its precursor the Streak. It’s going to be a bit larger, though–seven inches to the Streak’s five.

Another One of These Cloud Computing Rants and You’ve Got Yourself a Stand-Up Routine, Larry

in News on October 2, 2009 at 11:38 am PT

The passing of a year hasn’t much changed Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s opinion of cloud computing. Remarking on the industry’s sudden fascination with the concept at Oracle OpenWorld last September, Ellison reduced it to a thin sheen of windshield condensation. In conversation with former Sun CEO Ed Zander at a Churchill Club event a little over a year later, Ellison expanded on those remarks, suggesting that if the cloud is anything, it’s a cloud of BS.
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"Sun + Oracle is Fast"? Not So Fast…

in News on September 30, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

If you’re going to claim in an advertisement that Transaction Processing Council benchmarks show that a hybrid Sun-Oracle server runs faster than a competing product from IBM, it’s probably wise to make sure you have the TPC benchmarks to back up your claim. Not if you’re Oracle, though.
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“Sun + Oracle is Fast”? Not So Fast…

in News on September 30, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

If you’re going to claim in an advertisement that Transaction Processing Council benchmarks show that a hybrid Sun-Oracle server runs faster than a competing product from IBM, it’s probably wise to make sure you have the TPC benchmarks to back up your claim. Not if you’re Oracle, though.
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Why Yes, Larry Can Speak out of Both Sides of His Mouth. Why Do You Ask?

in News on September 26, 2008 at 2:12 pm PT

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has a sense of humor nearly as large as his astonishing $84.6 million pay package. Asked for his views on cloud computing at Oracle OpenWorld, a smirking Ellison reduced the concept to a thin sheen of windshield condensation.