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So much for Oracle never breaking

A few weeks ago, I wrote this piece on absurd marketing claims in the latest Oracle TV ad that claims "never breaks".  After seeing these ads almost every other night since then, we get news that Oracle just released their latest mega patch that addressed 49 security issues.
Written by George Ou, Contributor

A few weeks ago, I wrote this piece on absurd marketing claims in the latest Oracle TV ad that claims "never breaks".  After seeing these ads almost every other night since then, we get news that Oracle just released their latest mega patch that addressed 49 security issues.  I could be wrong but I can't remember the last time any software company that released such a large set of patches to address so many vulnerabilities.  Oracle isn't the only software company that has bugs in their software, but they are the only one that I know of who throws around words like "unbreakable" or "never breaks".  But then again I guess it all depends on how you define "breaks".

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