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ZenoArrowtoday at 3:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Is it? Based on what I've seen online the company name was derived from a CIA project from the 1970s that the founders worked on, but it doesn't seem to be based on an acronym. There was an earlier unrelated project from the 1950s which used ORACLE as an acronym ("Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine").

If this is a joke, I clearly don't get it!


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milkytrontoday at 7:45 PM

I think the intention was a joke: One Rich A*hole Called Larry Elison.

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