Oracle Tells White House: Stop Hiring Silicon Valley People and Ditch Open Source
While I have my opinions on Oracle, I don't have any insight into their corporate health. Were I an investor, though, things like this would alarm me greatly. It comes across very much like "we can no longer compete on any remotely level playing field and need the law to prop us up." Coupled with statements about their cloud services that are outright delusional (for example, http://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-on-oracle-cloud...), I get the impression that they're struggling mightily. What's the mood really like inside Oracle these days?