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Oracle (not their first partnership; just a handy one); to understand why Oracle survived, you have to understand that as a company they view all business; In fact, all human relations as a form of warfare. Consider for example that Ellison's wife was persuaded to give up all claim on Oracle for $500 when she divorced him.

When Microsoft betrayed them, the only emotion Oracle felt as they sacrificed a few hundred thousand OEMs in a rear guard action, was a gentle, "ooh, that was clever, just before we managed to get the knife in; I wonder if we can do that too", kind of envy. Surprise at being betrayed certainly never entered into it. Fear no greater than the soldier ant sacrificing its self for the Queen it has never even understood or met.

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