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when Oracle bought Sun many analysts speculated that Oracle will sell Sun Hardware Division, of course even more analysts speculated the obvious which is, Oracl
by Another1 16y ago
when Oracle bought Sun many analysts speculated that Oracle will sell Sun Hardware Division, of course even more analysts speculated the obvious which is, Oracle is taking a dive into the hardware business
When I read this all i was thinking was, Mark Hurd seems like a hardware guy, Oracle really wants to get this hardware business right!
- kiujygtyujik 16y agoHurd is the guy who managed to single handedly destroy the remains of HP's engineering ability. I give it about a week before the last Sun guy leaves. Of course this could be a cunning plan to avoid the costs of redundancy payments - hire Hurd and watch all your best engineers resign for free.
- brown9-2 16y agoHurd is the guy who managed to single handedly destroy the remains of HP's engineering ability I thought Carly Fiorina was blamed for this? How many people can single-handedly destroy something? Let's be realistic, CEO's aren't able to get much done without the approval of the board of directors, who are elected by the company's shareholders. There are very few "single-handedly"s in business. You can't blame just the CEO, as there are people above him/her. Blame the board, blame the shareholders who didn't/don't value "HP's engineering ability".
- kiujygtyujik 16y agoFiorina destroyed HP as a great engineering company turning it into a printer ink marketing scam. Hurd managed to get almost every remaining engineer to leave - see the stories posted here at the time.