Larry Ellison Briefly Becomes Richest Person
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Larry Ellison briefly becomes the richest person, sparking a comment about his legacy and potential philanthropy.
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4 months ago
MySQL, SPARC, Solaris, Berkeley DB, ZFS, Dtrace. I doubt all of them combined are even a rounding error for Oracle and Larry. He is 81, I wish he could donate them all to MIT or BSD license.
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