Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email

Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by ZenoArrow on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @11:43AM (#47589071)

Is it? Based on what I've seen online the company name was derived from a CIA project from the 1970s that the founders worked on, but it doesn't seem to be based on an acronym. There was an earlier unrelated project from the 1950s which used ORACLE as an acronym ("Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine").

If this is a joke, I clearly don't get it!

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by milkytron on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:45PM (#47592448)

I think the intention was a joke: One Rich A*hole Called Larry Elison.

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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by ZenoArrow on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @04:07PM (#47592756)

Ah okay, thanks!

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