To put in context the remark that Ellison made about lying to customers that is referenced in the top rated comment, this happened during a sales cycle to Bank

To put in context the remark that Ellison made about lying to customers that is referenced in the top rated comment, this happened during a sales cycle to Bank of America in 1981-1983 timeframe (can’t remember exact year). It’s featured in the 2006 Bloomberg Ellison video bio (link below) and it’s where Ellison wanted to exaggerate the number of Oracle programmers/engineers from 3 to 15. I have no sympathy for Bank of America, but that’s because they’re a bank who screws over regular ppl somewhat directly. Oracle has the decently to put a few middlemen in the process. NOTE: I’m a liberal arts major who was hired straight out of college during the GFC of 2008 for a non-technical role by Oracle and then later they trained me and put me in an engineering slot (!) so I’ll always be in their debt/totally bias. The above story I thought was somewhat relevant / interesting nonetheless + I hate Bank of America and now bank at USAA. https://youtu.be/mB2V0BXH608 https://youtu.be/mB2V0BXH608