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more about #oracle more comments → whiteflea: Heh, I was reviewing Vertical Integration with my AP students this morning. more » random_droid: Vertical Integration? more » Jamez: I really hate when you guys post a supposedly interesting article that I have to subscribe to some other site to read. Give me the gory details or ple... more » jiggpig: This is a lot of anecdotal journalism. At the same time as Oracle and Apple are going vertical, Sony and AMD are dropping their vertical integration. ... more » jlcro: So according to matt buchanan, the article is "worth" reading because they mention apple. Lately gizmodo is in urgent need of journalism standards les... more » Noobs-R-Us: Ellison is not wrong in his observations of industries going through cycles of integration and disintegration. Right now for exmple, in finance, bank... more » Nick: but it has other bits, like Apple purchasing chip designer PA Semi, that make it worth reading. alright, matt. i am gonna give you the benefit of th... more » Snes: Why are there two pictures? more » dimadelux: I do not see how those without a WSJ Subscription will be able to read that article more » Thangka: Guy also has one of the largest private yachts in the world. Shit like this raises Socialist hackles on my back. #larryellison more » fastm3driver: And from a engineering perspective: If the mast broke, why would you want to put another one of the same type back on the boat? #larryellison more » Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, that's real fine expensive gear you brought out here, Mr. Ellison. 'Course I don't know what that bastard shark's gonna do with it, might eat it... more » Gordonium: Yeah, Ellison's spot-on when he said that it was a "minor setback." Those professional racers have pit crews loaded with replacement parts at every si... more » Curves: I can hear the sound of that snapping mast in my soul. Gorgeous craft. #larryellison more » ridgecity: What materials does that mast have to use to cost $10,000,000? I think these guys are getting ripped-offs... #larryellison more » -
#trends
Tech Companies Are Getting Taller
The WSJ's glance at tech companies going more vertical mostly focuses on Oracle's acquisition of Sun to produce both hardware and software, but it has other bits, like Apple purchasing chip designer PA Semi, that make it worth reading. [WSJ] -
#sailing
Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
A quick glimpse into the life of a software billionaire: When Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing yacht snapped its $10 million mast this week, the ship's helmsman (not Ellison) described the event as a "minor setback." More » -
#apple
Apple Kills ZFS Plans for Snow Leopard
Don't hold your breath for the ZFS filesystem to appear in any future Snow Leopard updates. A message yesterday on the project's homepage very clearly acknowledges that development has stopped completely. More » -
#animals
Founder of Siebel Systems Attacked by a Rampaging Elephant
Tom Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems (which he sold to Oracle for a giant pile of money) was charged by an elephant in the Serengeti while on vacation there. Where's your money now?! More »
