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08 Sep 2010 10:56

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Tech: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to HP: What’s up with this lawsuit?

  • The HP Board is making it virtually impossible for Oracle and HP to continue to cooperate and work together in the IT marketplace.
  • Oracle CEO Larry Ellison • Responding to the lawsuit the company filed against Mark Hurd, the dude he’s trying to hire as his new president. Ellison notes that before now, the relationship between the two companies has been positive. In other news, the lawsuit and new job could affect Hurd’s $35 million severance plan. source
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07 Sep 2010 21:08

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Tech: HP to Mark Hurd: You can’t join Oracle! You have our trade secrets!

  • In his new positions, Hurd will be in a situation in which he cannot perform his duties for Oracle without necessarily using and disclosing HP’s trade secrets and confidential information to others.
  • A statement from HP’s corporate blog • Explaining why they filed a civil complaint against former CEO Mark Hurd, who is headed in the general direction of Oracle. To put it simply, HP is afraid that Hurd will leverage the information he knows about the company at his new job – a reasonable concern. A now-former Apple exec, Mark Papermaster, went through something similar when he left IBM. source
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06 Sep 2010 20:52

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Tech: Mark Hurd rises from the tech-exec ashes like a phoenix

  • downfall Mark Hurd had a relationship with an underling and that led to his firing from HP. The circumstances raised eyebrows.
  • rise Hurd showed up at Oracle this week as their new co-president, just in time to screw Google over with that Java lawsuit. source
  • » He’s got a powerful backer, too: Last month, Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO, referred to Hurd’s ouster as “the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.” So, to prove it, he hired Hurd.
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08 Aug 2010 22:32

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Biz: The accuser in the Mark Hurd case, Jodie Fisher, has an IMDB page

  • I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.
  • Former HP contractor Jodie Fisher • Discussing the now-settled situation between her and ousted former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Despite earlier suggestions that they did the do, Fisher, who has starred in such films as “Easy Rider: The Ride Back” and “Blood Dolls,” hired Gloria Allred as her attorney, which instantly makes any claims of regret suspect. If it was seriously your intention, you wouldn’t have hired Ms. Allred. Just sayin’. source
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06 Aug 2010 17:39

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Biz: HP CEO Mark Hurd’s fall from grace: Why we blame WebOS

  • harbinger Two months ago, HP CEO Mark Hurd said something idiotic – he suggested that Palm’s WebOS would be useless on phones and they’d use it for printers instead.
  • failure Today, Hurd resigned – the result of a sexual harassment probe regarding a contractor he had an improper relationship with. Coincidence? We think not. source
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