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Larry Speaks, Again (11/22/97)
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Recently Larry Ellison hasn't just been Oracle's CEO and a member of the Apple board; he's also been the unofficial barometer for the public when it comes to the Apple CEO search. The recent word, however, is that nothing's really changed.

A Bloomberg News article shows Larry confirming that Apple has a "favorite candidate" for the CEO slot, but he admits that no offer has yet been made. "There's absolutely no decision yet," he says. It's beginning to look unlikely that a CEO slot will be filled by Christmas, although last year's sudden announcement of the NeXT buyout in late December may have set a precedent for important Apple stuff going down just before Santa warms up the reindeer.

We at AtAT also find it noteworthy that when asked about whether Oracle would make an investment in Apple, Larry just flat out said "No." Given all the signs (including Oracle supposedly having announced an Apple investment to key employees!), we are now pretty convinced that the big announcement last November 10th was indeed supposed to include news of an Apple/Oracle deal, which fell through in the eleventh hour, thus leaving Steve with only an hour's worth of material, instead of the scheduled two and a half.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/22/97 episode:

November 22, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 203: New Evidence for DoJ (11/22/97)   Ooooo, this is getting good. Microsoft's defense against the Department of Justice's antitrust charges is that Internet Explorer is not a separate product, but rather an integrated component of Windows 95, and has always been conceived as such, even before Netscape existed...

  • 204: Steve Jobs, Jolly Elf (11/22/97)   Has anyone ever said that Apple doesn't have style? Come on, how many other "beleaguered" and "troubled" companies are going to announce that they'll donate a portion of the proceeds from one of their most popular sellers to charity?...

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