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Sending the penguins out with a hot foot

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Open World, Borland Software Corp., announcement, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, open-source company, open source, profit margin, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Week in videos: CEOs aplenty

October 28, 2006 Between Steve Ballmer, John Chambers and Larry Ellison, chief executives stole the video show this week. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Open World, John Chambers, Steve Ballmer, CEO, Cisco Systems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., margin, Microsoft Zune, San Francisco, Linux, video, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle's Ellison to take stage at next RSA confab

August 30, 2006 Business software maker's backing of event comes as company faces continued scrutiny over its security practices. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, security practice, conference, business software company, Bill Gates, business software, security, software company, researcher, event, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs

November 16, 2007 Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Week in review, BEA Systems Inc., bug, reader, Microsoft Windows Live, patch management, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, conference, operating system, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp.

Fine-tuning open source

April 17, 2006 As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system? TAGS: Larry Ellison, Linux, JBoss, open source, virtualization, VMware, Red Hat Inc., MySQL, Oracle Corp., China, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Software's 'stack wars'

April 19, 2006 Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, software company, stack, IBM Corp., profit, business application, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

September 21, 2005 Search giant could become more important than Redmond rival, says author who has studied its patents and engineering. TAGS: Larry Ellison, network computer, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., author, Internet search, Oracle Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection

November 4, 2006 Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. TAGS: indemnification, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, SCO Group Inc., Larry Ellison, Linux seller, Oracle Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Building a new-idea factory

April 28, 2005 At his new company, ex-Microsoft bigwig Nathan Myhrvold gathers well-known inventors for "invention sessions." Will the idea pan out? TAGS: invention, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Larry Ellison, intellectual property, SQL, GUI, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Unlocking security at RSA 2007

February 12, 2007 Change is in the air at the confab this year, as tech giants start making their weight felt. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., threat, malicious software, phishing, conference, blog, security, Microsoft Corp.

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

May 7, 2007 Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. TAGS: Internet portal, takeover, Dow Chemical Co., Larry Ellison, merger, acquisition, CEO, media, theory, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

How to marry a billionaire? Start with Forbes list

September 22, 2006 To even make the magazine's annual survey of richest Americans this year, you had to have at least $1 billion. TAGS: billionaire, Paul Allen, Porsche, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, founder, survey, Microsoft Corp.
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