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Two years ago @larryellison said that @oracle is to the enterprise what apple is to consumer tech; is the engineered systems delivering on those promises? Share your thoughts
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John Furrier
I always question closed systems always have (vs open); the issue is "where is the hard top" bc customers want functionality while avoiding lock in
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Peter Herdman-Grant
larry often refers to Oracle, when he means Oracle Database ... but then no-one would suggest Apple is an open system! ;-)