Rob Enderle for TechNewsWorld:
If you now think of Apple as a software and service company that relies on lock-in and price increases for revenue growth and customer retention, you basically have the consumer version of Oracle.
This is also ironic because Steve Jobs’ closest friend arguably was Oracle CEO and founder Larry Ellison.
Given that Apple and Oracle now are pretty much operating under the same overall customer model, I started to wonder whether the two firms should merge.
MacDailyNews Take:TL;DR: No.
Seriously, you’re quoting Rob Enderle? Slow news day, or what?
A merger with purely procot-based Ellison would likely be a true lead up dearh knell for Apple as a creative corppration.
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A merger with purely profit-based Ellison would likely be a lead up to a true death knell for Apple as a creative corporation.
Oracle databases are good, Oracle ERP is unbelievably bad. Can’t believe anyone buys that crapware.
Enderle and Oracle still exist?
Sure they do, just not in your world.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ORCL/.
Well, at least Oracle does. Enderle, I guess he does, but I’m not sure why.
Be sure that beyond any doubt that if Enderle says it’s so, it can’t be!
Isn’t the “gas-bag” moniker often associated with Mr. Enderle?
I’ve read, and argued with, Mr. Enderle for decades. He’s never gotten a major prediction about Apple correct. One of the worst was when he predicted right after Apple went to x86, that it’s sales would tank as a result. Almost as bad, when he was promoting the new Dell music player (he’s been paid by Dell for decades, something he’s admitted in the past), the Dell DJ. Ditty, as being the first music player that could overthrow the iPod. Yeah, right.
And now this. I often wonder where he gets this from.
Right out of his you know what….
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Just do the opposite of everything I say – I am certainly no expert and always get it wrong.
I haven’t seen Mr. Enderle’s name come up in a long time. It’s nice to have him back to kick around.
Sounds like someone was under pressure to write something by Friday. Why not an think piece about Apple buying Toys Я Us so they can produce computers for toddlers? Makes a little less sense, but not much less.