On: Oracle Hires Mark Hurd As Co-President

[tonystubblebine]

Why are they evil? Maybe they're just business people. This is an honest question. You're not the only person I've heard react that way. Merely cutting R&D just doesn't seem inherently evil to me, even if it turns out to be the wrong decision.

[pyre → tonystubblebine]

I think he means 'evil' in a 'you just ruined something that I thought was great' sense.

[nailer → pyre]

Could mean evil in terms of 'destroying long term opportunity for short term profit'.

[IMorgothI12 → pyre]

Not exactly. HP developed the first Memristor.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2010/apr-jun/memristor.html

[pyre → IMorgothI12]

I speculated what he meant, I didn't make the claim myself.