Once open source gets good enough, competing with it would be insane. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
There will be no new architecture for computing for the next 1,000 years. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Microsoft is already the most powerful company on earth but you ain't seen nothing yet. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who is going to build. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Those that believe this is merely a downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and as something matures, the rate… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When you write a program for Android, you use the Oracle Java tools for everything, and at the very end, you push… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
We've announced an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, a bunch of low-cost commodity servers running Linux, integrated in our case, with InfiniBand -… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
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… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Oracle's latest database, version 12c, was specifically designed for the cloud. Oracle 12c makes all your Oracle applications multitenant applications without you… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
We saw — we conducted the experiment. I mean, it’s been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do. I can't think… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it. So the great thing about open source is nobody owns… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You can't spend as much money as I have, even if you try. I've been trying. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
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… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else is wrong."… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and live with… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
