"Softwar" is an insightful book about Larry Ellison, written by someone who had access to Ellison. I do not want to chime in with my own opinion, but would sugg

"Softwar" is an insightful book about Larry Ellison, written by someone who had access to Ellison. I do not want to chime in with my own opinion, but would suggest to read the book to learn a lot about the history of Oracle and Ellison. You will learn a lot of things, including: * How being adopted affected his personality * How he wandered around for a long time without any clear objectives * How someone filed a false case of rape against him, and how he survived * Death of one of his co-founders due to cancer * How Oracle competed with other database companies, including the technical details (this is the part which I found most interesting)