See rst's comment. $ORCL doesn't sell "technology". It sell's a "Business Solution".
// Which in itself is generally a good strategy for most startups to emulate.
// Which in itself is generally a good strategy for most startups to emulate.
// Oh - and HN's favourite -- I just want to play Bingo with my students.
(Which, from what I understand, isn't far from what Google has done, with the bulk of non-search success having been from acquisitions.)
I agree, however this is only a short term strategy. Soon, the gold rush will be over and there will be an abundance of pickaxes on the second hand market. Case in point, so called "dark fiber", or the unused infrastructure expansions of the early dot-com bubble.