So instead of giving actual metrics, just say "very fast", "super-fast" and "much faster". Even for wall street that seems a bit shallow.
So, Infiniband then. It's not like they're the only ones using it, nor the only ones using it at scale.
Even Azure has it as an option:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/ove...
"it is the most nonsensical .. maybe I'm an idiot, it's really just complete gibberish..."
Ellison wasn't confused about any of the technical topics around cloud computing. He was complaining about the marketing trend at the time of slapping the "cloud computing" buzzword on all kinds of things that already existed.
This is a thing that happens in the tech world a lot, and it is pretty annoying. A more modern example is the over-use of "serverless" buzzword.
Should have had an ellipsis between the 2nd and 3rd bit, but the intent wasn't altered. He's calling it gibberish and nonsense.
I wasn't trying to imply that he actually was confused, I was trying to show how he thought the term was gibberish.
I mean, who would take seriously the thought that Ellison actually thought of himself as an idiot.
IE: not wrong, but too literal and short sighted.
> IE: not wrong
Private cloud is cloud, and its not someone else’s computer, so, “not wrong” is not not wrong.
I have absolutely no love for Ellison as you can see in my post history, but it's a bit silly to expect detailed tech specs from the CEO of a company on an earnings call with a bunch of investors that would have no idea what he was talking about if he did.
*I did in fact forget he changed his title when he gave co-CEO to Safra Catz and Hurd to rescue Hurd and not lose Catz in what was another of a long list of ethically questionable moves. It doesn't change the fact that he's completely removed from the technical details of their products and has been for 20+ years.