> Well, he was 20-something at the time and naive about the complexities of financial accounting software for a global business. He must have eventually realize

> Well, he was 20-something at the time and naive about the complexities of financial accounting software for a global business. He must have eventually realized the true scope of the problem because instead of building in-house accounting software, Google bought Oracle Financials. How do we jump to this conclusion? Did he realize the true scope of the problem or was it just left to someone else once Google grew in size? It doesn't even explicitly say how Oracle Financials came to be at Google. > because their internal IT teams never got around to the "eventually" option. I doubt that's really the case. Same with how cloud came to be. The sales people promised massive savings i.e. bonuses for management and here we are.