Larry Ellison's Oracle Started As a CIA Project

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[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"How do you say this without sounding callous?" [Carney] asked. "In some ways, 9/11 made business a bit easier. Previous to 9/11 you pretty much had to hype the threat and the problem." Carney said that the summer before the attacks, leaders in the public and private sectors wouldn't sit still for a briefing. Then his face brightened. "Now they clamor for it!"

He pulled a Netanyahu.

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

oracle has the slowest database in the industry

someone did a speed test, proving oracle was like 10x slower than everyone else

oracle's response? add clause to contract forbidding speed testing

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All money printed flows first and as a priority to the intelligence community. As such, anyone seeking investment in their "new idea" will go there first. Silicon Valley and the intelligence community are the metaphorical "horrific twins", born to destroy and de-beautify life on Earth and anywhere else they can get their hands on.