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It's going to be Oracle to collapse the house of cards, isn't it. Come on Oracle, die and take down the USA economy with you. Make the people happy, Oracle.
well good luck with that, Oracle! :D
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/oracle-wins-10-year-pentagon-software-contract-worth-up-to-7-billion.html
guess the pentagon is footing the power bill?
"Up to 7 billion" over a period of 10 years can hardly dig Oracle out of the hole it has dug itself into, though...
they had big corporate contracts for their other, boring and profitable part of the business, but that won't save them from openai going broke. it's like 50x less than they need