Ellison Ain’t No Sun King

February 1, 2010 By 4 Comments

That arrogant Larry Ellison has just become the Sun king. We knew it was going to happen and now Oracle is our newest competitor. We need to respond appropriately to this.

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A Personal Word From Plain Old Joe

January 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I wanted to address this whole “Don Joey” thing. See, I’m not at all like this in person. I’m more like a friendly grandfather. I guess my Italian heritage makes people take me wrong.

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The Dell Opportunity

January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

So we got this growth problem, but there’s also an opportunity, and that opportunity is in Round Rock. How can we swing it? Simple: We got a great asset to sell off.

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What’s Keeping Me Up At Night

January 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

My latest meeting with the boys on the strategy committee caused me to reappraise a few things. Our biggest threat is HP, but we got a real problem growing this company. We need to think bigger.

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What Are HP and Hurd Up To?

January 19, 2010 By 3 Comments

I got something to say to Mark Hurd over at HP about Dave Donatelli and all that.

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Introducing Gestalt IT Industry Confidential

January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Industry Confidential is satirical take on the IT industry in the imagined words of its renowned leaders.

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