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	What's buzzing around the watercooler The day's most popular news: Information Technology and Services See the Latest Headlines » Powered by + Information Technology and Services Oracle Buys Cloud-based Customer Service Company RightNow For $1.5 Billion - techcrunch.com Oracle this morning announced that it has acquired RightNow - both companies are listed on NASDAQ - for $43 per share or roughly $1.5 billion net of RightNow's cash and debt. With the acquisition, Oracle is adding a robust... 691 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma - blogs.hbr.org Apple talks a lot about its great people. But make no mistake — they are there only in service of the mission. 827 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Why Companies Aren't Getting the Employees They Need - online.wsj.com Failings in the U.S. education system or other external factors usually get blamed. But the real problem may be that so many companies don't do training anymore or allow people any time to grow into a job. 2038 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Steve Jobs Hilarious Response To Larry Ellison's Plan To Buy Apple So They Could Both Get Richer - businessinsider.com Larry Ellison wanted to buy Apple in 1995 so his good friend Steve Jobs could return to power, and both of them could make a tidy profit. But, Jobs rejected the idea saying, "I'm not a hostile takeover kind of a guy." He wanted... 72 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share Creator Of Lisp, John McCarthy, Dead At 84 - techcrunch.com The creator of Lisp and arguably the father of modern artificial intelligence, John McCarthy, died today. He studied mathematics with the famous John Nash at Princeton and, notably, held the first "computer-chess" match between... 285 shares  •  Read full story  •  Share See the Latest Headlines » Better. Faster. The New LinkedIn Mobile App for iPhone and Android. Don't want to receive email notifications? Adjust your message settings LinkedIn values your privacy. At no time has LinkedIn made your email address available to any other LinkedIn user without your permission. © 2011, LinkedIn Corporation