[ben7799]

Yah.. it was well known but when it happens to you it's hard to really not try to be open minded. That is why his rant is so famous.

I was rolled up into Oracle through a series of acquisitions a few years before Sun.. it all went down the same way. You know what's going to happen but it's still a shock when a manager you knew before you joined Oracle and wouldn't have behaved the Oracle way instructs you to lie to a customer cause "that's how it's done here and we're going to have to go along with it."

You also don't realize how shocking it's going to be to see the office re-decorated until they come in and rip everything down and put up pictures of Larry's boats and airplanes and other toys.

When we were acquired Larry Ellison got on a big conference call we were all allowed to join and we could raise a virtual hand and ask questions. To his credit he answered everything 100% truthfully and transparently, and the questions were answered exactly the way the Internet expects he would answer.

[markus_zhang]

Well at least he has been honest. Honesty is a luxury merchandise you can purchase with a few billion dollars for sure.

[hinkley]

To be a billionaire you need colluders.