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...begun to look toward posterity. For the better part of 18 months he flirted with the idea of buying troubled Apple Computer, a deal that fizzled last week when Ellison said he was backing off, at least for now. Instead, Valley insiders say Oracle, with close to $1 billion in cash on hand, is considering a rich joint venture with Korean conglomerate LG Electronics. Both are ambitious deals, carefully calibrated to morph Oracle from a corporate-software provider into a consumer-electronics powerhouse. Says Evan Bauer, a vice president at GIGA Information Group, a Connecticut consulting firm: "Larry...
...role for a man who cherishes his lone-warrior reputation as much as his collection of Samurai helmets. Yet the scope of his ambition for network computing--as well as some mellowing that has come with age--appears to have left Ellison ready to cooperate. Already Oracle has begun to form an anti-Microsoft axis with Silicon Valley neighbors Sun Microsystems and Netscape, which Ellison says may have the perfect NC interface with its browser. Inside the firm, coo Lane now runs day-to-day operations, leaving Ellison free to think big, strategic thoughts. The calculus is simple, according...
...scientists have begun to do just that. A report published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine shows for the first time that the mental deterioration of Alzheimer's can be slowed significantly by two common drugs: vitamin E and selegiline, a compound used to treat Parkinson's disease. The two-year study conducted by the National Institute on Aging showed that normal doses of selegiline or high doses of vitamin E, both of which are antioxidants, slowed the rate of disability among patients with moderately severe Alzheimer's by an average of seven months. Neither drug reversed...
ARTS FIRST '97 marks the fifth anniversary of the festival, begun by former Overseer John Lithgow '67 in 1993. The weekend provides the singular opportunity of concentrating on arts and arts alone. Forget about that last paper and enjoy the arts: You're soaking...
...Ellison has dropped plans to buy Apple. The billionaire businessman began forming an investment group a month ago to consider an exploratory bid for the company while trying to scare away other potential suitors such as Saudi Prince Al-Walid bin Talal, a nephew of King Fahd who had begun buying up Apple shares. Apple stock finished down 11/16 on the news to close at $17. Industry insiders said Ellison's success in turning Oracle into a $4 billion software powerhouse, whose chief customers were corporations, would not translate to reviving Apple, whose shrinking band of loyal users is comprised...