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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by notacoward on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:02PM (#15162505)
> ORA is the elephant's graveyard of software.

I think that's a more apt description of CA, BMC, or Symantec. Places where tired old software goes to die a quiet death. What Oracle does is worse: kill software that still has plenty of life in it. I've seen them do it by acquisition, and I've seen them do it by stealing code or ideas from partners (personally, twice). So they're not so much a graveyard as a slaughterhouse for software.

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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by dandare on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:33AM (#15168103)
I didn't know this when I joined CA. It took me 6 months to realize what I fell into - and I quit the next week. It felt like working in a hospice - most depressing few months of my professional life.

Oh and don't forget to tell the truth in your next job interview: "CA is a tremendously successful company and excellent employer, unfortunately, the role was not the right fit for me".

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