The Sounds Of More Oracle Layoffs, SPARC Execution Could Be Near

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Sounds Of More Oracle Layoffs, SPARC Execution Could Be Near

Oracle is celebrating Labor Day in America this weekend by reportedly doing a fresh round of layoffs and it's sounding like it could affect a number of heads...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Oracle-Labor-Day-Layoffs

[starshipeleven]

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[wizard69]

No surprise here, SPARC is dead. The only reason Oracle kept it around was to manage existing accounts while they transitioned.

[DanL]

Are they trying to tell us something? The Oracle predicts massive layoffs? Are we headed for another Great Depression?

[cb88]

They should just sell their entire Sparc division to Fujitsu or something

[bulletxt]

Is mysql at risk?

[crymsonpheonix]

Is mysql at risk?

Everything is at risk when Larry Ellison's hurbris is involved.

[Luke_Wolf]

Are they trying to tell us something? The Oracle predicts massive layoffs? Are we headed for another Great Depression?

Or... Or... And I might be crazy... Oracle was only interested in Sun Microsystems in order to sue Google, and now that that legal drama has basically wrapped up, they're divesting themselves of Sun as quickly as possible.

[DanL]

Or... Or... And I might be crazy... Oracle was only interested in Sun Microsystems in order to sue Google, and now that that legal drama has basically wrapped up, they're divesting themselves of Sun as quickly as possible.

No, that's way too logical. There has to be a conspiracy theory in there somewhere. Iluminati, NWO, etc.

[willmore]

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Hey, share the popcorn!