[SlightlyLeftPad]

I, for one, would read the rest of this story.

[lenerdenator]

For the rest of the tale, I recommend you follow the stock symbol "ORCL" on the NYSE.

Rather curious that Mr. Ellison owns an island in a volcanic archipelago, isn't it?

[aidenn0]

Speaking of which, the one question I've always wanted to ask bcantrill is if he meant to say "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Oracle" when he said "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison."

On purpose or not it was a great sentence, but if it were premeditated, that only makes it better.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> if he meant to say "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Oracle" when he said "Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison."

Perhaps not that exact phrasing, but I'd say he said both; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=33m - I have it in my quotes file as

> You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.

and a bit later,

> Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison

[nmeagent]

"I want to hire you, Joe Banks. I want to hire you -- to jump into a volcano."

Joe had just seen a Dr. Ellison. Coincidence? Yes, absolutely, of course it is.