Back in 1993, an Oracle exec named Tim Negris tried to claim that the future of computing was going to be thin clients, dumb terminals which simply connect you to the mainframe you rent computer from. Larry Ellison jumped on board with this, as a way to compete with Microsoft.

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I was unknowingly standing behind him at a bookstore checkout sometime in the mid 90s. He turned around and made eye contact, saw me immediately seize up, and just said "Yes, I am" with a smile before turning back. Man's always classy.

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If you’re hearing him in your head say “I am as I stand” that’s EXACTLY how he said it, the delivery was just *chef’s kiss*

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Sir Patrick Stewart probably doesn’t remember, but one time my wife and I sat 1 row in front of him on a southwest flight from ORD->BUR. The best part though was since BUR is so small we got to the curb at the same time and his driver was like “do you have any bags?” And he said “I am as I stand.”

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Hey everyone, I found it, the wrongest post on BlueSky today.

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