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Everybody has Apple envy - even Larry Ellison. The dashing playboy founded Oracle Corp., whose relational database software makes it the 137th largest company in the world. Ellison, who likes to pilot old fighter jets and lives in a faux Japanese-style mansion, is one of the richest men in the world and another of the great, big personalities of Silicon Valley. Just like his old buddy, Steven P. Jobs. So it was at once surprising - and not - when the news broke this morning that Oracle intends to purchase Sun Microsystems, for around $7.4 billion...
...carefully, to convene people in the college to talk about it, to talk about it with others, to give them some feedback, and give them some time to respond, so I would give that some time,” Hammonds said. Secretary of the Ad Board Jay L. Ellison said there is still a lot of discussion occurring between Hammonds and the members of the reform committee about her suggestions to the report. Since the report was requested by the Dean of the College, many of its parts could be adopted at her discretion without requiring a Faculty vote, Ellison...
...geared toward helping people maintain existing connections. The site serves as a self-updating address book, keeping users connected no matter their geographical shifts. "There are people from my past life that I never would have tracked through 10 job changes and 20 e-mail changes," says Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor at Michigan State and lead author of the Facebook "Friends" study, which focused on undergraduate usage of the site. Facebook offers what she describes as a "seamless way of keeping in touch that doesn't involve all this work...
...have no sympathy for the big three automakers [Dec. 15]. For decades, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler fiercely opposed corporate restructuring and green technology while egregiously mismanaging their businesses. The only reason they've recently gotten religion is that they're teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Mark Stuart Ellison, Brooklyn...
...Saporito's story, I have no sympathy for the Big Three automakers [Dec. 15]. For decades, Ford, GM and Chrysler fiercely opposed restructuring and green technology while egregiously mismanaging their businesses. The only reason they've gotten religion is that they're on the verge of bankruptcy. Mark Stuart Ellison, BROOKLYN...