Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

LE and Oracle missed the cloud in the same way Microsoft missed mobile.

We had some early products the same way Microsoft had early Windows Mobile. When AWS came and changed the world we arrogantly sneered that we already did that, the same way that Microsoft did when the iPhone launched. By the time we realised it was in fact not the same thing and tried to launch something it was too late, like Windows Phone 7/8/10.

Microsoft did not miss cloud the way they missed mobile. Oracle has missed cloud, but hopefully we will be there for whatever is next. I doubt it though.

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Think about this: Every bank, every auto dealership, every retail store that you see a Dell, Lenovo or Acer terminal, COULD have been a Sunray.

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Oracle was way ahead of the curve with the Network Computer in the 90’s. Oracle acquired Sun, and the SunRay products, which had some very large buildouts. Popular with medical and hospitality industries. Did Oracle take advantage of that? Nope. They k--led it off. A second chance wasted.

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