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astrodust on Sept 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Larry Ellison Will Step Down as CEO of Oracle, Wil...

That was to avoid running afoul of term limit rules.

dtparr on Sept 18, 2014 [–]

I believe his point was that it sounds like a situation where Ellison will be retaining de facto control despite giving up the 'top title'.

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