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by cant_kant 3738 days ago
"Maybe it was just a different time."

Ellison's 200 million dollar house set on 23 acres, suggests that selective memory might be playing a role.
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samstave 3738 days ago
Hah yeah my buddy David who built his yachts said to me that Ellison decided that his $220mm yacht wasn't big enough, so he wanted to sell it for a $400mm yacht...

Now he has a 600mm fucking island of the STATE of Hawaii!!

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jldugger 3738 days ago
One must not throw around the term 'volcano lair' loosely, and yet...
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jmspring 3738 days ago
I didn't say all. Ellison likes to engage in public endeavors like the America's Cup. One reason Jim Clark wanted Netscape to go public was to cover the cost of his Yacht being built at the time.

There are certainly those that benefitted from the 90s boom that aren't particularly ... humble... in the sense as I mentioned Moore, Grove, Packards, etc.

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