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Interesting article, what's with the weird sucking up to Larry Ellison at the end though? It was so weird I thought it was sarcasm but it seemed like it might b

by hobs 3y ago

Interesting article, what's with the weird sucking up to Larry Ellison at the end though? It was so weird I thought it was sarcasm but it seemed like it might be genuine?

refset 3y ago
Definitely sarcasm, it's a running gag - see the 2021 and 2022 posts also :)
- genman 3y ago
  Old joke in the RDBMS world is why is Oracle RDBMS so expensive? Because how else is Larry going to buy another yacht?
  - hobs 3y ago
    You have to thank Larry for charging so much that all of the other innovation had a reason to happen!
apavlo 3y ago
> it seemed like it might be genuine It is genuine. Larry and I go way back. Source: https://youtu.be/_UGUDVeSQSI?t=872 https://youtu.be/_UGUDVeSQSI?t=872
- jszymborski 3y ago
  Sorry to hear that.
- hobs 3y ago
  Ok, you were way too subtle for my first reading or I should have gotten more sleep!