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Glossip Stars from Tech Red Carpet: When Lips Do Stabs

Flamboyance, Wit and Cutting Potshots rarely make a loud appearance in technology industry. But , hey! don’t exceptions prove the rule?

"They are calling it a separation but it feels like a divorce.” Michael Dell on HP split in 2011

Larry Ellison on HANA at Oracle Open World: “SAP has an in-memory machine, you know, that's a little bit smaller than what we offer. It's called HANA; her name is HANA. I promised Mark (Hurd) that when I did this presentation I was not going to mention them, I'm glad to keep the promise. The HANA in-memory machine is like really small."

Well, SAP gave it back: "If he wants to go toe-to-toe in terms of scalability, we say 'Bring it on!'" Steve Lucas, Exec VP of Business Analytics, Database and Technology at SAP

My little girl Hana is out there on Oracle, She must be beating Oracle's databases like a drum. My little girl has grown to be quite a trouble maker for our competition. For me personally, any time I hear competitors ranting about HANA, it tells me we are on the right path, doing the right things and making our customers successful. Every earnings call they continue to call out HANA, constantly focusing on why their product is eventually going to be better. Yet after 1,500 HANA customers in 2 years it’s clear that HANA means what she says and delivers actions: Vishal Sikka during his SAP days

His jibes continued: We suspected that we were at least two years ahead of Oracle with HANA, but with the statements made during their earnings call where they hinted at ‘future’ capabilities enabling them to better compete with HANA, we now know we are MUCH further ahead.

The company frankly, could use a little management: Carol Bartz on Yahoo

I was fired in a boardroom brawl: Carly Fiorina post-HP exit

“Not surprisingly, the service has been very well received, because in real life we share different things with different people.” Larry Page on Google+ vs. Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg: Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. Mark Zuckerberg, who also said this: Drones are a better option than balloons for beaming Internet access to remote places, we can precisely control the location of these aircraft, unlike balloons. They also have more endurance than balloons.

Elon Musk on other Detroit automakers "I think I'm quite terrible at getting government money," If you ask him about AI he quips: "With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it’s probably that. So we need to be very careful."

And of course how could we forget HIM! "Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.”

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