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gchamonlive • today at 11:23 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

A too-big-to-fail about to fail certain it'll be bailed out? Another comment* raised a question about investments in fuel cells that could have been just for show. Are they doing max damage to leech as much cash as possible before implosion or it's just... I mean, it's oracle it's a mystery to me how they make so much money with selling crapware, so it might just be business as usual?

*https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49842884


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mitxela • today at 12:06 PM

Oracle's business model is to get government contracts. It's a whole special business model unrelated to software.

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philipallstar • today at 11:36 AM

I don't love Oracle, but they made so much money selling the best relational database on the planet for 40 years.

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