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Comments on: Ellison's mantra: Spend, baby, spend

It may be hell out there, but Oracle's chief tells shareholders the company still intends to shop for more acquisitions.

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by Mr. Dee October 10, 2008 5:46 PM PDT

I wouldn't be surprised that by the end of this economic bad weather, Microsoft ends up owning Oracle with Ellison working in the Redmond lobby as a receptionist.

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by RighteousSoutherner October 11, 2008 8:27 AM PDT: That would be funny! If anybody needs to have his comeuppance it's Ellison. The only way that guy has managed to grow his company is through acquistions. Oracle hasn't come up with anything really that innovative in a long time, so he resorts to hostile takeovers. What a joke.; Like this


by Solaris_User October 10, 2008 6:26 PM PDT: Ellison wants to be confident because he just lost about 2 billion in his investments. Yes spend.. (oh please god spend); Like this Reply to this comment


by Dumbpeni October 11, 2008 12:34 AM PDT: General Oracle?; Like this Reply to this comment


by Dumbpeni October 11, 2008 12:38 AM PDT: I think it will be more logical to merge IBM and Oracle since IBM has a huge service dept. Microsoft is more of DIY software..; Like this Reply to this comment


by idfubar October 12, 2008 2:02 PM PDT: Dumbpeni - you think big! I would say you'd do well in i-banking but that's a tough industry at the moment!; Like this Reply to this comment

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Charles Cooper has covered technology and business for more than 25 years. A graduate of Queens College and Columbia University, Cooper received the Excellence in Journalism award from the Northern California branch of the Society for Professional Journalists for column writing.