Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellisonis an American businessman who is co-founder of Oracle Corporation and was CEO from its founding until September 2014. He currently serves as executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. In 2014, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the third-wealthiest person in America and as the fifth-wealthiest person in the world, with a fortune of US$56.2 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 August 1944
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We think of Microsoft as our major competitor in the database business, not IBM,
We think Microsoft is a very serious competitor going forward in the applications business. It's not simply going to be Oracle versus SAP.
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth, but you ain't seen nothing yet,
Microsoft is welcome to come investigate us and so are you guys,
Microsoft isn't good at security. We're good at that and I don't think sending a memo is going to help,
I don't think Oracle and IBM want another Microsoft in Red Hat.
What Microsoft is doing is patently illegal. Think about it. If you want to build computers, you've got to ask Bill's permission, ... If Bill wanted to triple the price on Windows, what would you do? You'd pay; you wouldn't have any choice.
People like you are supposed to expose this stuff, ... People like us are just trying to help. I never knew that we were doing any of this stuff, but if Microsoft is creating front organizations, I feel very good about bringing that information to the public.
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet.
We highlighted 10 of our more than 450 customers that are currently live after just one year of the e-business suite.
We're very excited about this product. It's one of our biggest announcements for many, many years. It's the result of years of innovation and hard work.
I slept fine over the weekend, so conclude what you like. We're going to have a great year.