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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedThe coming of convergence. (Oracle Corp.'s Larry Ellison believes his company can provide technology for multimedia digital library) (Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, January, 1994 by Jessell, Harry A.
Larry Ellison thinks that just about everything - books, magazines, music, TV shows, movies and catalogues - will one day be digitized and readily available to everyone via computer-driven networks.
As founder and CEO of Oracle, a leading database software company, Ellison also believes he can deliver the technology to help build the modern-day Library of Alexandria.
"Every Frank Sinatra song, every Dick Van Dyke sitcom, every local radio and television broadcast will be stored for you to call up and review," he says in an exclusive interview with BROADCASTING & CABLE.
Quite a vision. And lending it credibility last week was news of Oracle's strategic alliances with Bell Atlantic and Capital Cities/ABC. Bell Atlantic will work with...
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