Re: As the markets tank... Some Benchmark Stuff to distract you
Despite the subject line, this thread contains no technical content or problem to solve. It is an off-topic banter exchange between Oracle and Informix partisans, swapping jibes about IBM 'blowing', mascots, IBM's share price and fiduciary duty to shareholders, and whether IBM should sell off a business unit that doesn't fit its goals. It drifts further into joking offers of 'a pound' for the unit and a digression about the collapse of the Icelandic bank Icesave and UK councils' deposits. No question is asked and no resolution is recorded.
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Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: >> Mark Townsend wrote: >> >>>> IBM is like the strange wind that never blows! :o) >>>> >>> IBM definitely blows. >>> >> >> I will grant you Teddy: >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/VM_mascot_-_teddy_bear.gif >> isn't as cute as this: >> http://oracleimg.com/technology/tech/linux/images/ubl-solo.jpg >> But lets give credit where credit is due: They make decent servers. >> > > Really, Danny, you're missing a trick here: IBM services are a huge > partner for Oracle as well. Shouldn't you be smoking their pole as well? Perhaps you missed that part of economics and law that states that corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholder value. They are: And doing a damned good job of it. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IBM -- Daniel A. Morgan
DA Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> DA Morgan wrote: >> >>> Mark Townsend wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> IBM is like the strange wind that never blows! :o) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> IBM definitely blows. >>>> >>>> >>> I will grant you Teddy: >>> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/VM_mascot_-_teddy_bear.gif >>> isn't as cute as this: >>> http://oracleimg.com/technology/tech/linux/images/ubl-solo.jpg >>> But lets give credit where credit is due: They make decent servers. >>> >>> >> Really, Danny, you're missing a trick here: IBM services are a huge >> partner for Oracle as well. Shouldn't you be smoking their pole as well? >> > > Perhaps you missed that part of economics and law that states that > corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholder > value. They are: And doing a damned good job of it. > http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IBM > Indeed, Oracle provides IBM with the opportunity to maximize both server and services revenue. :o> Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that doesn't mesh with these objectives is a good one. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >>> Really, Danny, you're missing a trick here: IBM services are a huge >>> partner for Oracle as well. Shouldn't you be smoking their pole as well? >> >> Perhaps you missed that part of economics and law that states that >> corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholder >> value. They are: And doing a damned good job of it. >> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IBM > > Indeed, Oracle provides IBM with the opportunity to maximize both server > and services revenue. :o> > > Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that > doesn't mesh with these objectives is a good one. Too sell something requires that there be a buyer. Make IBM an offer. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message news:mailman.65.1223478408.874.informix-list@iiug.org... > Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that doesn't > mesh with these objectives is a good one. Let's make an offer. I have a pound. Now, where is my icesave login ....?
Neil Truby wrote: > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.65.1223478408.874.informix-list@iiug.org... > >> Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that >> doesn't mesh with these objectives is a good one. > > Let's make an offer. > I have a pound. > Now, where is my icesave login ....? wtf is icesave? *<8o/
InDeep wrote: > Neil Truby wrote: > >> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.65.1223478408.874.informix-list@iiug.org... >> >> >>> Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that >>> doesn't mesh with these objectives is a good one. >>> >> Let's make an offer. >> I have a pound. >> Now, where is my icesave login ....? >> > > wtf is icesave? > > *<8o/ > An Icelandic bank that had a lot of British money. It's gone to the wall, and they're wanking around about paying off the depositors. And I've just discovered that a lot of councils were stashing money there, which I'm sure is not what they're supposed to be doing with our taxes. Needless to say, the government is looking after them, first. http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/2008/10/government-secures-councils-stashed.html Cunts. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com
"InDeep" <indeep@indeep.com> wrote in message news:48ed2499$0$5198$6c36adad@news.usenetserver.com... > Neil Truby wrote: >> "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote in message >> news:mailman.65.1223478408.874.informix-list@iiug.org... >> >>> Which is why I think the idea of selling off a business unit that >>> doesn't mesh with these objectives is a good one. >> >> Let's make an offer. >> I have a pound. >> Now, where is my icesave login ....? > > wtf is icesave? > http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=868574