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5 Best Tech Tirades, Feuds

Stock quotes in this article:AAPL, ORCL, HPQ, DELL, SAP, ADBE, MSFT, IBM 

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- There's nothing the tech sector likes more than watching a couple of Silicon Valley heavyweights square off against each other. Just look at the level of interest in Oracle's(ORCL) ongoing courtoom brawl with SAP(SAP) and Larry Ellison's angry tirades against new HP(HPQ) CEO Léo Apotheker.

Then there's Mr. Dell and Mr. Jobs, who both have indulged in the occasional beef, like Jobs' recent war of words with Adobe(ADBE) over the software maker's ubiquitous Flash technology.

Oracle
Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO

It's not just CEOs, though, that are prone to the occasional outburst. With technology playing an increasingly large part in our daily lives, even the President has taken a swipe, warning about the risks posed by the latest gadgetry.

Here, then, are five of the tech sector's top tirades and feuds of recent years.

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