• 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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