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Oracle has seen its revenues return to growth as the enterprise computing giant continues its migration away from on-premises systems. The database kingpin once again talked up the growth in its SaaS and PaaS businesses, while hardware and on-premises software continued to decline. This as Oracle is just days away from its …

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  1. Doogie Howser MD

    Irony

    I love the irony that Oracle's conference is called "OpenWorld" when they're one of the most proprietary companies on the planet.

    Token Oracle gag - do you have to pay a delegate fee for every seat you *could* have sat in at the keynote?

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  2. Starry Starry Night...
    FAIL

    Congrats..

    1988

    Sun reaches $1 billion in revenue--the fastest rise ever for a computer company with a direct sales force.

    "Words fail to describe how successful Sun has been. For a company to grow at that rate is just incredible."

    - Robert Herwick, Hambrecht & Quist

    2016

    Hardware revenues of $996m were down 12 per cent on the quarter, with hardware product revenues falling by 19 per cent and support revenues by 4 per cent.

    Words just fail me...

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