I started NetSuite. NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, 'We're going to do ERP on the Internet, software-as-a-service.' Six months later Marc Benioff, finding out what NetSuite was doing, and kind of copied it. Larry Ellison benioffcallcopy share on social
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 androidbuttonconvert Change image and share on social
We've announced an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, a bunch of low-cost commodity servers running Linux, integrated in our case, with InfiniBand - connected with InfiniBand vs. the traditional Ethernet. Larry Ellison announceappliancebunch share on social
Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high. Larry Ellison absurdlyautonomyhigh Change image and share on social
To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?' Larry Ellison jobmodelpaint Change image and share on social
They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want. Larry Ellison anymorecallcloud Change image and share on social
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. Larry Ellison bigchunkcorporation Change image and share on social
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you. Larry Ellison clouddecidelet Change image and share on social
When I was a kid a long time ago, when the sun rose, I was outside on my bike. If my parents were lucky - poor parents! - I would be home before it got dark. Larry Ellison agobikedark Change image and share on social
Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence. Larry Ellison americabilledison Change image and share on social
