Oracle’s Ellison Says HP Was Wrong to Oust Hurd, NYT Reports
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Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison said Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board was wrong to force the resignation of CEO Mark Hurd, comparing the move to the firing of Steve Jobs in the 1980s.
In a letter to the New York Times, Ellison said, “The HP board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.”