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Larry Ellison - What The Hell Is Cloud Computing?

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What it is

A short clip of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, speaking to financial analysts in September 2008, questioning what cloud computing even means. He calls it a fashion-driven buzzword.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN mostly cites it as an ironic bit of history, since Oracle later pivoted hard to the cloud.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Larry Ellison, of all people, nails it”

    Ellison skewering cloud as a buzzword

    snowwrestler, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “Why Amazon Hired a Car Mechanic to Run Its Cloud Empire”

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Topics: larry ellison, oracle, cloud, buzzwords, 2008

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