"It's remotely possible he may be running in three months, " said Dr Tom Crisp.

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Ellison has been in control for three decades, and only once was that even remotely in question, after an accounting debacle back in 1990.

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In its security advisory, Microsoft labeled three of the bulletins "critical, " meaning an attacker could remotely execute malicious code on unpatched systems.

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