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Re:Update on Oracle Layoffs by winteriscoming on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:14AM (#13209969)
>> Still Unclear: The extent of near-term terminations. The fifty percent figure actually seems a bit high to us at present

Is this 50% of Oracle, that's being speculated, or just some specific division within Oracle? 50% of Oracle, does seem very high.

Re:Update on Oracle Layoffs by dlgeek on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:30AM (#13210021)
Based solely on the article, it appears to be Oracle's Systems division which seems to own SPARC and Solaris - not sure what else without googling.
Re:Update on Oracle Layoffs by lemoncucumber on Monday December 19, 2016 @02:28AM (#13210011)
Sounds like it's just talking about the OS/hardware group(s) that Oracle acquired back when they bought Sun.