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Lou Gerstner
ROLE FORMER CEOMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN AUGUST 18, 2026
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mention·Invest like the best·AUGUST 18, 2026
“Oracle went to market in the 1980s, Larry Ellison, with another technology taken from IBM... And they're like, you don't want to be locked into IBM. Relational database, you could run anywhere. Come with us. Because the reason this is a joke is because Oracle locks you in more than anyone.”
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