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Are there any more details into why he's doing this?

by joelrunyon 12y ago

mrcharles 12y ago
Cause he's going to be CTO instead.
andyl 12y ago
Maybe it has something to do with him being 70?
- valevk 12y ago
  Wow, I never knew that he is 70. I thought 40-something. But he looks really young. In this picture he is 69! [1] [1] http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg
  - mhurron 12y ago
    > I thought 40-something You know Oracle was founded in the late 70's. And Ellison was a co-founder.
  - mrcarlosrendon 12y ago
    His face looks great. I think you can see his age in his arm skin.
    - laichzeit0 12y ago
      Well he's obviously had some "work done". Which I think is great, why not? Money is surely not the problem, life's too short to look crap.
  - bitwize 12y ago
    Most of Larry Ellison's charitable contributions have been to a foundation he set up with the goal of reversing aging in Larry Ellison.
  - bithush 12y ago
    Indeed I thought he was mid 50s, I was kind of shocked when I read 70. I am surprised I never knew this considering.
- nmcfarl 12y ago
  Wow. Even after you said it I didn't really believe it, but googling confirms it - born in '44. And I thought he was younger than Gates - not 12 years older. https://www.google.com/search?q=larry+ellison+age https://www.google.com/search?q=larry+ellison+age
- pavlov 12y ago
  A 70-year-old starts a new career as a CTO? If only other high tech companies were this open-minded about employing seniors.
  - scholia 12y ago
    He was already doing the CTO job, in effect. He's just retaining that post as well as becoming Executive Chairman, where he will still be in charge....
mhurron 12y ago
Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.
- jsmthrowaway 12y ago
  What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
  - lclarkmichalek 12y ago
    He doesn't seem to like free software and Oracle charges a lot for their software. Literally Hitler
    - marcosdumay 12y ago
      The problem is not that it's expensive. What is wrong with Oracle's software is that people buy it mostly because migrating away is more expensive. And Oracle works hard to ensure that things will stay that way, even if that requires reducing the quality of their software.
    - rstupek 12y ago
      Wow doesn't like free software equates to killing millions in gas chambers?
  - parenthesis 12y ago
    He owns an island. The beard.
  - mhurron 12y ago
    Well he looks like one ... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gwillis/archive/2009/10/14/separated-at-birth-larry-and-hank.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gwillis/archive/2009/10/14/separated... Although Hank was supposed to be something of a nice guy.
  - 12y ago
acornax 12y ago
Pressure from the board maybe..?

Are there any more details into why he's doing this?

mrcharles 12y ago

Cause he's going to be CTO instead.

andyl 12y ago

Maybe it has something to do with him being 70?

valevk 12y ago
Wow, I never knew that he is 70. I thought 40-something. But he looks really young. In this picture he is 69! [1] [1] http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg
- mhurron 12y ago
  > I thought 40-something You know Oracle was founded in the late 70's. And Ellison was a co-founder.
- mrcarlosrendon 12y ago
  His face looks great. I think you can see his age in his arm skin.
  - laichzeit0 12y ago
    Well he's obviously had some "work done". Which I think is great, why not? Money is surely not the problem, life's too short to look crap.
- bitwize 12y ago
  Most of Larry Ellison's charitable contributions have been to a foundation he set up with the goal of reversing aging in Larry Ellison.
- bithush 12y ago
  Indeed I thought he was mid 50s, I was kind of shocked when I read 70. I am surprised I never knew this considering.
nmcfarl 12y ago
Wow. Even after you said it I didn't really believe it, but googling confirms it - born in '44. And I thought he was younger than Gates - not 12 years older. https://www.google.com/search?q=larry+ellison+age https://www.google.com/search?q=larry+ellison+age
pavlov 12y ago
A 70-year-old starts a new career as a CTO? If only other high tech companies were this open-minded about employing seniors.
- scholia 12y ago
  He was already doing the CTO job, in effect. He's just retaining that post as well as becoming Executive Chairman, where he will still be in charge....

mhurron 12y ago

Busy producing an Iron Man suit? Running Oracle is getting in the way of being a Bond level supervillan? There could be lots of reasons.

jsmthrowaway 12y ago
What is it about Ellison that makes people say Bond villain, beyond the yacht and such? You're not the first person I've heard say that. (I'm not critiquing, I think it's amusing.)
- lclarkmichalek 12y ago
  He doesn't seem to like free software and Oracle charges a lot for their software. Literally Hitler
  - marcosdumay 12y ago
    The problem is not that it's expensive. What is wrong with Oracle's software is that people buy it mostly because migrating away is more expensive. And Oracle works hard to ensure that things will stay that way, even if that requires reducing the quality of their software.
  - rstupek 12y ago
    Wow doesn't like free software equates to killing millions in gas chambers?
- parenthesis 12y ago
  He owns an island. The beard.
- mhurron 12y ago
  Well he looks like one ... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gwillis/archive/2009/10/14/separated-at-birth-larry-and-hank.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gwillis/archive/2009/10/14/separated... Although Hank was supposed to be something of a nice guy.
- 12y ago

acornax 12y ago

Pressure from the board maybe..?