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Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by elipsey »

bluedevil2k wrote: post #26
spinach wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cause it's easy to get the estimate of a man by the woman they date/marry.

That comment is incredibly demeaning to women

I actually can't tell who's being sarcastic here. I think that in general, if an executive has an afair with a model, that speaks to their personality or character, as choosing to date another engineer speaks to mine. If it appears mercenary, well, that seems like an expected quality in the CEO of Oracle.

I aspire to conduct myself so that whenever I die I will be remembered as something more altruistic, or at least ethical than a corporate raider, or a politician who tried to sleep with his interns, etc.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by rosstex »

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.”

I burst into tears upon reading this comment. Thank you.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by achow »

jkcorrea wrote: post #31

Obviously this is very sad news and I wish all the best & my condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. I'm not very familiar with how Oracle is run, but it surprised me to see "co-CEO". I always assumed this wasn't a great way to run a company, and yet here is a major exception. Can someone enlighten me as to why Oracle chooses to have co-CEOs? Is it something specific to their business?

RIM (Blackberry) was kind of infamous for it.

...the co-CEO structure is very unusual, although some high-profile technology companies, including Motorola and Wipro, in addition to RIM, have adopted it. “Two CEOs with complementary skills and knowledge could presumably lead a firm better (compared with single CEO) and deliver better performance,” she added. “In addition, it might be helpful in retaining good CEO-material employees and avoid having them leave the firm and take their valuable knowledge with them elsewhere, especially if there was an exodus.”

However, Danielova adds, there are probably many more drawbacks to such a structure.

https://www.ibtimes.com/why-does-rim-have-two-ceos-299195

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC »

luma wrote: post #25
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #12

> 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.

His relationship with Fisher was not inconsequential: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-hurd-jodie-fisher-hp-20...

Agreed, but her modeling for Playboy had no part in making the relationship consequential. It is a gratuitous detail.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by the-dude »

VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

Everybody can die out of the blue, even in a matter of days.

My dad did : he died out of the blue of acute leukemia, in a matter of days, at 63 yrs.

edit: and, he was not a CEO, far from it.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by [deleted] »

the-dude wrote: post #45
VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

Everybody can die out of the blue, even in a matter of days. My dad did : he died out of the blue of acute leukemia, in a matter of days, at 63 yrs. edit: and, he was not a CEO, far from it.

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Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

As difficult as it is for me to understand, some people enjoy working the same way other people would enjoy not having to work.

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Post by bigred100 »

VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

I agree with the sentiment and also feel like working too hard is a bad idea (in large part for the reasons you’ve outlined), but also agree that it’s not clear if this was the cause without more information.

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Post by dgellow »

the-dude wrote: post #45
VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

Everybody can die out of the blue, even in a matter of days. My dad did : he died out of the blue of acute leukemia, in a matter of days, at 63 yrs. edit: and, he was not a CEO, far from it.

Thanks for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss.

Re: Mark Hurd Has Died

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Post by binarymax »

VonGuard wrote: post #15

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 cou…

Maybe he worked that hard, because he enjoyed working above all else? Maybe he died doing exactly what he loved?
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