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Mark Hurd Has Died

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Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC »

> Hurd settled with Fisher, who had once modeled for Playboy magazine, for undisclosed terms.

The modeling for Playboy seems like a very gratuitous detail to include and doesn't seem to serve any purpose for the story.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by clSTophEjUdRanu »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #10
asveikau wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Condolences to Mr. Hurd's loved ones. But I think there is actually a good point behind a possibly tasteless joke. If you are overly litigious in life, or take up certain aggressive business practices, maybe the thought of death is humbling and can teach us all to relax and be kinder. I think we all know our share of living people who could use this advice.

I have found the below quote to be helpful in this regard. “When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if we must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.”

Memento mori

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by aresant »

Hurd had taken a medical leave of absence earlier this year and it's likely that Oracle was prepared for this (1)

Safra Catz, the other co-CEO, will run Oracle in the meantime. Ellison intends to appoint a new co-CEO in the near future(2)

(1) https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/12/oracle-co-ceo-mark-hu...

(2) https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-...

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Post by VonGuard »

I feel really bad for Hurd and his family. Why work that hard? The 24/7 CEO lifestyle seems like such a waste of time if you end up working it to the day you die. Like, why work that hard? For the family you never see? The vacation home you can visit for 5 days a year? The yacht you leave parked 360 days a year? The job is so demanding and so hard it seems like Mark worked himself to death, literally. He probably could have retired happy and rich at like 40 years old...

I understand when an artist or someone creative gives their life to their work: it's an obsession that is personal. But giving your life to Oracle just for the money seems like a life wasted at that level. Even the day to day workers over there get to go home and see their families every night. At the C-level, you basically live in a private jet and never see your family... Very sad.

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Post by deepVoid »

aresant wrote: post #14

Hurd had taken a medical leave of absence earlier this year and it's likely that Oracle was prepared for this (1) Safra Catz, the other co-CEO, will run Oracle in the meantime. Ellison intends to appoint a new co-CEO in the near future(2) (1) https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/12/oracle-co-ceo-mark-hu... (2) https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/former-oracle-co-ceo-mark-...

It seems that Oracle was prepared to have two co-CEOs at the same time. When an emergency like this happens, the other co-CEO can take over any any time.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by ycombonator »

Philosophically speaking, poof in an instant all those things that he accomplished didn’t matter when he died. He is at the same place as any random joe who died at his hospital.
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