Hardware ultimately is a scale game, and it's a differentiation game. If you are literally selling products that are completely undifferentiated, like x86 servers, why would anybody pay you for that? Safra A. Catz completelydifferentiationgame Change image and share on social
If you are in this business long enough, you hear about a thousand things that are going to kill you. Open source? Yeah, we are not dead yet. Cloud? That's not new; it's a new name. Safra A. Catz businessclouddead Change image and share on social
When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative. Safra A. Catz acquisitionalternativebillion share on social
Netweaver was going to be the number one middleware player in the world. We heard about Netweaver day and night. Oracle became number one. No one talks about Netweaver. Safra A. Catz dayhearmiddleware Change image and share on social
The worst decision, hands down, was wearing bright yellow when I was 9 months pregnant. I looked like a bumble bee. I have not worn yellow since. Safra A. Catz badbeebright Change image and share on social
The fact is that our business is fundamentally really strong. We have a platform and a depth that no one in the tech industry has. This means we have competitors at every layer. Safra A. Catz businesscompetitordepth Change image and share on social
I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle. Safra A. Catz buycarceo Change image and share on social
The way deals are done, every idea is looked at 50 different ways. Now, the market continues to change all the time. And we are always looking at everything in evaluating how it fits with our strategy. Safra A. Catz changecontinuedeal share on social
Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender. Safra A. Catz achievementchallengefuture Change image and share on social
We got bigger, much scarier competitors. We ended up with Microsoft, a company with all the money in the world, the way I look at those guys. And IBM, another company that, historically, dwarfed us. Safra A. Catz bigcompanycompetitor Change image and share on social