Larry Ellison Quotes - Page 4

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• Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Business, Mean

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• If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

  Larry Ellison

  Golden, Internet, Turns

  "Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder". www.cnbc.com. April 29, 2014.

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• Once open source gets good enough, competing with it would be insane.

  Larry Ellison

  Insane, Would Be, Good Enough

  Transcript: FT interview with Larry Ellison, www.ft.com. April 18, 2006.

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• I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Thinking, Giving

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• Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.

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  Technology, Clouds, Sap

  Twitter post from Jun 06, 2012

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• I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when I retire. When I go sailing, I look around ... anyone want to race? I just love competing as opposed to just going out and watching the sunset.

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  Inspiring, Sunset, Race

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• Most companies don't want their data co-mingled with other customers. Small companies will tolerate it.

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  Data, Want, Tolerate

  Interview with Richard Waters, www.ft.com. April 18, 2006.

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• Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales.

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  Doe, Software, Really Great

  "Special Report: Can That Guy in Ironman 2 Whip IBM in Real Life?". www.reuters.com. May 13, 2010.

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• It's fascinating as we continue to innovate and lead the way in both the application space and the database space. In the very beginning, people said you couldn't make relational databases fast enough to be commercially viable. I thought we could, and we were the first to do it. But we took tremendous abuse until IBM said, "Oh yeah, this stuff is good."

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  Leadership, Space, People

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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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  Thinking, Careers, Icons

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• Those that believe this is merely a downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and as something matures, the rate of innovation does slow.

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  Inspirational, Believe, Mad

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• Right now, 70 percent of the people don't have computers. And where they're needed most, people don't have them. We think this will enable anyone to own a computer. We're aiming at everybody who uses a computer as an information access device. The original idea was to build one cheaply enough to put one on every desk.

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  Thinking, Ideas, People

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• I think I am very goal oriented. I'd like to win the America's cup. I'd like Oracle to be the No 1 software company in the world. I still think it is possible to beat Microsoft.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Winning, Thinking

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• If I see Danny Hillis quoted as an expert on MPP one more time, I'm going to puke.

  Larry Ellison

  Experts, More Time, Puke

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• I know some people are offended by the fact that I'm spending a lot of money trying to win the America's Cup. I could have given all that money to charity.

  Larry Ellison

  Winning, America, People

  "Streets of San Francisco" by Leah Garchik, www.sfgate.com. July 30, 2002.

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