... Don't mistake any of this for altruism...Fear and greed just doesn't work. If you want to be successful, quality and service just works better. Larry Ellison More Quotes by Larry Ellison More Quotes From Larry Ellison 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. Larry Ellison people ideas thinking 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 winning inspirational thinking When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push a button and say, Convert this to Android format. Larry Ellison buttons tools writing I was vehemently against acquisitions. Now let's buy everything in sight. Well, that's a slight exaggeration. We are a little more strategic than that. But everything was on sale. Larry Ellison acquisition sight inspirational All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better. You can't worry about it, you can't panic when you look at the stock market's decline. You get frozen like a deer in the headlights. All you can do is all you can do. Larry Ellison worry trying inspirational There's a wonderful saying that's dead wrong. 'Why did you climb the mountain?' 'I climbed the mountain because it was there.' That's utter nonsense...You climbed the mountain because you were there, and you were curious if you could do it. You wondered what it would be like. Larry Ellison mountain would-be inspirational You have to take a broader view and realize this is an industry like any other - telecoms, Railroads; they went through consolidation. Why shouldn't the computer industry be any different? This shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody but it seemed to be, and a lot of people thought I was nuts when I said these things. And that's why they are alone as a consolidator. Larry Ellison views nuts inspirational I think you might see us growing much deeper into banking. You might see us acquiring companies in the banking area. You might see us acquiring companies in the retail area. I think you might see us acquiring companies in the telecommunications. I think you will see us getting stronger in business intelligence. Larry Ellison stronger inspirational thinking Most companies don't want their data co-mingled with other customers. Small companies will tolerate it. Larry Ellison tolerate data want Mark was my close and irreplaceable friend, and trusted colleague, oracle has lost a brilliant and beloved leader who personally touched the lives of so many of us during his decade at Oracle. All of us will miss Mark's keen mind and rare ability to analyze, simplify and solve problems quickly. Larry Ellison top-news We all wish Mark Hurd a speedy recovery, oracle has an extremely capable CEO in Safra Catz and an extraordinarily deep team of executives, many with long tenure at Oracle. Larry Ellison technology When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts, never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine. Larry Ellison us We'll continue to expand our footprint... Oracle's Fusion cloud applications for HCM, CRM and ERP all have a new simplified user interface and an integrated social network that makes our enterprise applications as easy-to-use and familiar as Facebook, while enabling better collaboration and teamwork among your employees and your customers. Larry Ellison new better collaboration teamwork What is Oracle? A bunch of people. And all of our products were just ideas in the heads of those people - ideas that people typed into a computer, tested, and that turned out to be the best idea for a database or for a programming language. Larry Ellison best language people ideas I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum. Larry Ellison temple own home art I have had all of the disadvantages required for success. Larry Ellison required had disadvantages success Our goal is very simply to become the desktop for e-businesses. Larry Ellison our become very goal We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you. Larry Ellison cloud think you want I'm in two modes when I'm on Lanai: In engineering mode, I'm trying to find the right place for the reservoir and the desalination plant, and looking at designs for new hotel rooms. The rest of the time, I'm in decompression mode. I'm on Hulopoe Beach, going for a swim, or on my paddleboard surrounded by 100 spinner dolphins. Larry Ellison looking rest time beach The social network is the paradigm of the modern service application. Larry Ellison service paradigm modern social
