Cross-complaint Oracle said it

In a cross-complaint Oracle said it would never have entered into any so-called Hurd agreement if it had known that HP was going to hire its hereditary enemy Leo Apotheker, SAP's ousted CEO - and now HP's ousted CEO too - as its CEO and make one-time Oracle president-turned Oracle antagonist Ray Lane non-executive chairman. Oracle calls their appointments "toxic" to any Oracle-HP relationship.

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