https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587935
The angle of the article is basically they did these layoffs and now also face some serious debt risks. Which was also obvious a few months ago. Oracle made a huge gamble, even more so than other big tech firms.
Recent related:
Oracle could face $7B collateral bill for Wisconsin data centre
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48993488
S&P Global has lowered Oracle’s creditworthiness from BBB to BBB-
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48909768
And 3 months ago:
Oracle slashes 30k jobs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587935
(also this exact article yesterday with a bunch of upvotes and comments, but doesn't matter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49025754)
danlitt•36m ago