Oracle, Sun and HP

7 September 2010 By Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran

Sun Tzu admirer Larry Ellison roundly mocked the HewlettPackard board when it forced out its CEO last month. By hiring Hurd, the Oracle boss backed up his words. He not only gains a wellregarded operations guru, he follows the Chinese general’s dictum Know your enemy.

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Oracle has hired Mark Hurd to be copresident and board member of the technology company. He will oversee sales, marketing and software support.

Hurd was forced out as chief executive of HewlettPackard in early August after an investigation by the company's board of directors into a sexual harassment claim allegedly revealed falsified expense claims by Hurd.

Oracle cofounder and chief executive Larry Ellison wrote to the New York Times at the time: "The HP board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago."

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