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You might enjoy this talk by Bryan Cantrill, where he describes the Oracle acquisition of Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=34m7s https://www.y
by Flenser 11y ago
You might enjoy this talk by Bryan Cantrill, where he describes the Oracle acquisition of Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=34m7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=34m7s
> "what you think of Oracle is even truer than you think it is. There has been no entity in human history with less complexity or nuance to it than Oracle"
> "this company is about one man and his alter ego and what he wants to inflict upon humanity"
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And how could I forget this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fvDDPaIoY&t=24m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fvDDPaIoY&t=24m
> "and then, the Nazis invaded"
> "for a while I tried to not go to Nazi allegory when talking about Oracle but I actually think that it does a dis-service to not go to Nazi allegory because if I don't use Nazi allegory when referring to Oracle there's some critical understanding that I have left on the table"
- selimthegrim 11y agoYou forgot the bit about "The Larry Ellison Institute for the Prolonging of Life: <stage pause> namely his"
- twoodfin 11y agoHadn't seen the second talk, which is (no surprise) technically interesting as well as highly entertaining. Thanks!
- Flenser 11y agoYouTube should suggest some of his other talks too. There's more oracle stuff in the illumous day and Surge talks, and he also has very humorous segments in the Surge 2013 and 2014 Lighting talks.
- plorkyeran 11y agoMy favorite quote from that talk has always been: > You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.
- waihtis 11y agoHah, awesome. The sentiment he puts into portraying Oracle truely tells something about the company.