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To be succeeded by Thomas Kurian, president of product development at Oracle... (for 12 years!) Now I know nothing about the man, and Google definitely needs t
by the_duke 8y ago
To be succeeded by Thomas Kurian, president of product development at Oracle... (for 12 years!)
Now I know nothing about the man, and Google definitely needs to learn how to deal with enterprise customers.
But this doesn't exactly fill me with hope.
- brazzledazzle 8y agoTo be fair the worst parts of Oracle are probably quite far (organizationally speaking) from product development. The draconian pursuit of licensing at the cost of customer trust probably being the worst aspect.
- vasac 8y agoHere’s testimony from Cameron Purdy, he used to work for Kurian at Oracle - https://www.quora.com/Have-you-worked-for-Thomas-Kurian-at-Oracle-He-is-the-new-CEO-of-Google-Cloud-What-is-he-like https://www.quora.com/Have-you-worked-for-Thomas-Kurian-at-O...
- the_duke 8y agoQuite interesting, thanks!
- mooreds 8y ago"the results speak for themselves" :)
- gaius 8y agoSome people speak quietly, and use words that do not convey exactly what they are feeling. TK is very good at speaking at an amply audible level and using very efficient words (often no more than 4 letters long)