Software Statesman Sep 22, 07:45
Our search engines turned up two articles of note this morning among the many related to Larry Ellison.
First, there was this paragraph in the story on the website of Red Herring, the Silicon Valley business bible, about Larry's keynote address yesterday at OpenWorld:
The conference has been the Redwood Shores, California-based company’s biggest so far, with about 35,000 customers, partners, exhibitors, media, and analysts attending. Mr. Ellison occasionally strayed from weightier themes, joking about Microsoft’s security levels and answering questions from the audience about his sailing team. He’s an accomplished sailor, competing in the America’s Cup with his BMW Oracle Racing team.
Talk about promoting the sport. Whenever an ACC yacht is on display in the middle of 35,000 people from around the world, to say nothing of having the boss getting questions from them about the Cup and our team...well, "nice" as Ian "Fresh" Burns is fond of saying.
Then there are these quotes from Larry Ellison: The new software statesman by ZDNet's Dan Farber:
During his Oracle OpenWorld keynote, Larry Ellison outlined his major initiatives for the next 24 months. As I wrote earlier in the week, Oracle is becoming more stateman-like, talking about giving user choice, lifetime support (for a price as yet undetermined) and being a model open standards citizen. It shows that Ellison and team aren't living in a reality distortion field....
(We know Mr Farber was referring to his Oracle Corp team, not BMWOR. But you gotta love the expression "reality distortion field." That's how some used to describe working and living in the America's Cup. Now, LOL, seems more like MTV's "Real World Valencia.")
...If Ellison and Oracle can actually deliver on the goals set out for being most open in an open standards world and giving customers what they want, when they want it, the company will set the standard for others to follow.
...Ellison the conquerer and sometimes bawdy sailor has turned into Ellison the statesman....
Wonder what Larry will think of being called a "statesman." Sounds a bit old and staid for him, or maybe too spießig as our German friends would say. Nonetheless, very nice ink all around.
During Act 6 last month: afterguard member and alternate helmsman,
with Dicko (left) and tactician Bertrand Pace (right) the day we beat
Luna Rossa.
At OpenWorld yesterday: software statesman.
First, there was this paragraph in the story on the website of Red Herring, the Silicon Valley business bible, about Larry's keynote address yesterday at OpenWorld:
The conference has been the Redwood Shores, California-based company’s biggest so far, with about 35,000 customers, partners, exhibitors, media, and analysts attending. Mr. Ellison occasionally strayed from weightier themes, joking about Microsoft’s security levels and answering questions from the audience about his sailing team. He’s an accomplished sailor, competing in the America’s Cup with his BMW Oracle Racing team.
Talk about promoting the sport. Whenever an ACC yacht is on display in the middle of 35,000 people from around the world, to say nothing of having the boss getting questions from them about the Cup and our team...well, "nice" as Ian "Fresh" Burns is fond of saying.
Then there are these quotes from Larry Ellison: The new software statesman by ZDNet's Dan Farber:
During his Oracle OpenWorld keynote, Larry Ellison outlined his major initiatives for the next 24 months. As I wrote earlier in the week, Oracle is becoming more stateman-like, talking about giving user choice, lifetime support (for a price as yet undetermined) and being a model open standards citizen. It shows that Ellison and team aren't living in a reality distortion field....
(We know Mr Farber was referring to his Oracle Corp team, not BMWOR. But you gotta love the expression "reality distortion field." That's how some used to describe working and living in the America's Cup. Now, LOL, seems more like MTV's "Real World Valencia.")
...If Ellison and Oracle can actually deliver on the goals set out for being most open in an open standards world and giving customers what they want, when they want it, the company will set the standard for others to follow.
...Ellison the conquerer and sometimes bawdy sailor has turned into Ellison the statesman....
Wonder what Larry will think of being called a "statesman." Sounds a bit old and staid for him, or maybe too spießig as our German friends would say. Nonetheless, very nice ink all around.
During Act 6 last month: afterguard member and alternate helmsman,
with Dicko (left) and tactician Bertrand Pace (right) the day we beat
Luna Rossa.
At OpenWorld yesterday: software statesman.
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