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I wish HP nothing but the best. I think HP is an icon. Those of us who had their careers in the Valley think of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett as role models. We would love to be half as good as they were.

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Larry Ellison
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 17
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