Softwar

by Matthew Symonds

  departure from Oracle of, 293–94

  Ellison’s management style and, 291–93

  on Ellison’s relationship with Lane, 135

  and globalization of Oracle, 175

  Lane’s relationship with, 151, 155, 157, 160

  management responsibilities assumed by, 150–51, 155–56, 176

  management style of, 142, 289, 293–95

  Oracle’s applications business and, 179

  and Oracle’s transformation to e-business, 171

  Bloomberg, Michael, 392, 415

  BMC, 174

  Boies, David, 277

  Boomerang, 313, 457n

  Booz Allen Hamilton, 95–98, 100, 103, 125, 484

  Borland, John, 447–48

  Boskin, Michael, 370

  Boslet, Marc, 208

  Brady, Gavin, 458, 469

  Brady, Greg, 68

  Breakers, The, 370

  Brindabella, 316–17

  British Petroleum, 124

  British Telecom (BT), 109–10

  Britton-Lee, 73

  BroadVision, 46

  Brunswick Corporation, 221, 222n

  Buckley, George, 221–22, 225

  Burn, David, 139

  Burton, Betsy, 256, 259–62

  Burton, Jeremy, 186

  business-to-business (B2B) exchanges, 14–15, 208, 211, 473

  Internet and, 157, 194

  Oracle’s Exchange Marketplace Platform and, 245

  Business Week, 184, 206

  Butterworth, Brad, 307, 312–13, 317–19, 321, 456, 460, 462–65, 467, 469

  C, 65–66, 71

  cable companies, 106, 279

  CACI, 67–68

  Cadence Design, 121

  California, University of, 69, 310, 364

  CalTech, 53, 69

  Capellas, Michael, 278

  Cap Gemini, 425

  Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, 197

  “Care Less and Cure More” (Ellison), 386n

  Carinthia VI, 374–75

  Carnegie Mellon University, 386n

  Case, Steve, 279

  Cash, Johnny, 393n

  Cassidy, Brian, 67–68

  Catalyst, 408

  Catch-22 (Heller), 272

  Catz, Safra, 24, 82n, 220, 370

  and acquisition of PeopleSoft, 487

  background of, 154

  Covisint and, 157

  E-Business Suite and, 429

  Ellison’s management style and, 291, 293–96

  and globalization of Oracle, 175–76

  in Lane’s demise, 154–57

  management style of, 154–55, 180, 288–89, 295–96, 482

  perfect storm and, 434–35

  Cavalier, 306

  Cayard, Paul, 328–29, 457–58

  CBS, 108

  CBS Evening News, 414–15

  CCTV, 20

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 28, 58–59, 61–63, 410

  RSI financed by, 62–63

  terrorism and, 402, 404, 406, 412–14

  Certified Application Partners (CAP) program, 123

  Chamberlain, Don, 60

  Cheney, Dick, 406

  Chicago, University of, 56, 334, 337

  Chicago Mac race, 322–27, 329

  China Mobile, 12

  China Resources, 15–16

  Churchill, Winston, 393

  Cisco Systems, 166, 184, 262, 278

  finances of, 4, 157n, 226, 251, 472

  Clarify, 46, 217–18, 225

  Clark, Jim, 138

  Clark, John, 66

  client/server model:

  applications and, 4, 98, 101, 113–14, 118, 130, 142–49, 166, 173, 187, 215, 450, 488

  computing architectures based on, 2, 4–5, 13, 17–20, 36–39, 41, 43, 45, 73, 142–43, 166–67, 181, 269–70, 296, 298

  databases and, 37–39, 45, 73, 98, 113

  Clinton, Bill, 364, 394–95, 413

  Clinton, Hillary, 395

  CNET, 448

  CODASYL databases, 59–60, 62, 71

  Codd, Edgar “Ted,” 59–62

  Coleman, Bill, 250

  Coleman, Dennis, 334

  Coleman, Harold, 334, 337

  Commerce Business Daily, 64

  Commerce One, 207–8, 217–18

  B2B and, 157, 208, 211, 473

  E-Business Suite and, 190, 207

  finances of, 214, 284

  Oracle’s competition with, 275

  Compaq, 127, 254–55

  databases and, 236, 255, 258, 300, 303

  Oracle’s partnership with, 277–78

  computing architectures, 2–5, 49–52

  client/server model and, 2, 4–5, 13, 17–20, 36–39, 41, 43, 45, 73, 142–43, 166–67, 181, 269–70, 296, 298

  enterprise, 37, 76

  Internet-based, 2–4, 17–20, 23–24, 39–45, 50–52, 142–46, 148, 164, 184, 187, 193, 269–70, 274, 296, 298, 481

  utility model of, 478, 481–82

  see also mainframes; minicomputers; PCs; software, software industry

  Connor, Dennis, 467–68

  Conrades, George, 95, 97

  Conway, Craig, 68, 99, 215, 487–89

  Copernicus, Nicolaus, 261n

  Cortez, Elias, 433, 435–36

  Costello, Joe, 121–22

  Courter, Jim, 220–21, 226

  Coutts, Russell, 312–13, 456, 460, 462–69

  Covisint, 14–15, 157

  Craft, Melanie, 9, 12, 342, 346, 363–68, 371, 373–74, 377, 395, 403n, 459n

  Crawford, Philip, 175

  Credit Suisse First Boston, 154, 480, 487

  Cronkite, Walter, 108–9

  Cullinet, 59, 61, 73

  Cutler, John, 303, 459

  DaimlerChrysler, 157

  Darwin, Charles, 261n

  databases, database market, 3–7, 36–40, 42–50, 244, 283n, 434–52

  alleged missale of licenses for, 393, 434–49, 451

  Ampex and, 58–59

  applications and, 48, 144, 147, 163–64, 166, 173, 194, 206n, 207, 216, 219–20, 225, 235–39, 249, 254–58, 261, 419, 422, 425–26, 429, 431–32, 476, 477n, 479

  and best-of-breed software, 49, 126, 238

  client/server model and, 37–39, 45, 73, 98, 113

  clusters and, 98, 208, 212, 219, 235–38, 247, 249–50, 252–61, 278, 296, 298, 300, 438, 478–80, 482

  competition in, 40, 69, 71–76, 86, 88, 98–100, 105–6, 110–11, 203, 208, 219n, 235–38, 249–50, 253–57, 259–60, 263–67, 274–75, 280–82, 284, 296, 298, 382–83, 438, 448–49, 478–81

  enterprise computing and, 76

  grid approach to, 479, 482

  in health care industry, 26, 28, 238, 408–9

  in higher education, 32, 238

  Information Management Systems (IMS), 61–62

  Internet and, 3, 5, 42–43, 45, 157n, 185–87, 194, 237, 255, 264

  Java and, 185–86

  maturing of, 76–77, 112, 131, 202

  minicomputers and, 59–62, 65, 71

  multitasking of, 76

  for national security, 402–5, 412–13, 415

  of Oracle, 1, 3–6, 24–25, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 47–50, 55, 59–63, 65–67, 69–77, 84, 88, 91, 95–102, 104–8, 110–16, 120n, 124, 126–28, 131–32, 134n, 143–44, 146–47, 157n, 163–66, 168–69, 172–73, 178, 185–87, 194, 198–99, 201–4, 208–9, 212, 216, 219–20, 235–40, 247, 249–50, 252–61, 263–67, 270, 275, 278, 280–82, 284–85, 296, 298, 300, 303, 332, 382–83, 393, 402–5, 412–13, 416, 422n, 425, 428, 431, 434–49, 451–52, 478–82, 489

  Oracle Racing and, 303

  read consistency of, 70, 72

  referential integrity of, 73, 98

  relational, 36, 60–63, 66–67, 69, 72, 106–7, 112, 114–15, 146, 165, 237, 254, 263

  row-level locking of, 76

  two-phase commit of, 73, 98

  Datalogix, 124

  Dataquest, 185

  Davis, Gray, 393, 396, 434, 436, 440–41, 448

  “Decentralization
White Paper, The” (Hashemi), 78

  Decision, 324–27

  Defense Department, U.S., 410–11

  Defense Intelligence Agency, 412–13

  de la Vega, Ralph, 29–30, 247

  Dell Computer, 166, 255, 424, 478

  Dershowitz, Alan, 403n

  Descent of Man, The (Darwin), 261n

  Deutschman, Alan, 108

  DHL Worldwide Network NV, 197

  Dickson, Chris, 9, 307–8, 312, 314, 316, 325–26, 328–29, 454, 456–64, 467, 469

  Diebold, 415–16

  Digital Equipment Corporation, 41n, 62, 65, 175, 278, 303

  “Digital IDs Can Help Prevent Terrorism” (Ellison), 403–6, 411, 413

  digital television, 110

  Diller, Barry, 108

  Discoe, Paul, 372–74, 377–79

  Disney, 108

  DJL, 82n

  Doerr, John, 138, 267n, 274

  Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, 154

  Dove, 310

  Drexler, Mickey, 288

  eBay, 3, 14, 184, 237, 273

  e-business, xi, 47–49, 166, 181–85, 210–13, 252–53

  databases and, 4, 206n, 207, 238

  Ellison’s salesmanship and, 13–17, 20, 22

  health care industry and, 26–27

  in higher education market, 31–33

  in manufacturing market, 14, 18, 23, 34–35

  Oracle’s transformation to, 136, 161, 171–79, 181–83, 191, 194, 211–12, 220, 223–25, 243, 410, 472–73

  software for, 6–7, 9, 11, 14, 16–18, 20, 25–27, 30–37, 45, 47–48, 51–52, 60n, 74n, 144, 169, 171, 177, 182–83, 184, 187–207, 212–13, 217–18, 222, 224–27, 229–35, 238–39, 241, 244, 248, 252, 259–60, 286–88, 297–98, 300, 411, 415–16, 419–32, 448, 453, 471–72, 474–76, 478, 482, 484–85, 488–89

  in telecommunications industry, 30

  Eco, 373

  Economist, The, xi, 1, 24, 161, 287

  Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), 178

  Edison, Thomas, 276

  EDS, 103, 281, 441, 478

  Eisner, Michael, 108

  Ejiva, 229

  Elle, 362n

  Ellison, Adda Quinn (first wife), 57, 64, 310, 337, 348–50

  Ellison, Barbara Boothe (third wife), 65, 84, 341–42, 347, 352–54

  Ellison, David (son), 9, 246, 310, 340–46, 352–55, 415

  Ellison, Jack (adopted brother), 333

  Ellison, Larry:

  adoption of, 331–33, 335, 337–41

  airplanes and flying of, 246, 312, 319n, 322, 345, 379

  alleged lies of, 214–15, 296–98

  ambitions of, 5–7, 59, 64, 188, 190, 285, 299–300, 383

  in Asia, 11–22

  authority questioned by, 333–36, 392

  author’s relationship with, xi–xiii, 1

  awards and honors of, 28, 247–48

  backpacking of, 350–51

  bicycling of, 105, 397

  birth of, 332

  business philosophy of, 36, 288

  cars of, 22, 57, 287, 311, 337, 348–49, 357–58

  celebrity of, 12, 40, 108, 184, 263, 269, 288, 338, 345, 359

  cherry blossom party of, 369–71

  childhood of, 290, 331–35, 338–40, 348, 352, 393, 397

  competitiveness of, xii, 42, 75–76, 87–88, 90, 93, 105–6, 111, 117, 248, 263–69, 272–73, 276–77, 279, 282–84, 300, 313, 327, 336, 347, 384, 452–53

  on completeness, 50–53, 63n, 206

  dating of, 342, 346–49, 352, 355–66, 381

  demeanor of, 2, 5, 7–9, 11–12, 15, 18, 22, 27–29, 31, 51, 92, 97, 245, 248, 251–52, 261–62, 450

  education of, 31, 56–57, 297, 310, 333–34, 336–37

  employees recruited by, 69–71, 92–97

  evangelism of, 35, 50, 66, 143, 406

  family life of, 9, 12, 57, 64–65, 84, 205, 242–43, 246, 310, 322, 331–33, 335–55, 365–68, 370–71, 373–74, 377, 415

  finances of, 4–5, 7–9, 11, 21, 29, 54, 56–59, 64, 75–76, 84, 91, 107–8, 132, 184, 241–42, 245, 251, 263, 266, 269, 285, 299–300, 301n, 305, 308, 310–12, 330, 337–38, 340, 343, 347–51, 353–58, 360–61, 373–76, 379, 382–84, 386–89, 391–92, 394–95, 398–99, 486

  Five in Five plan of, 80, 85

  guitar playing of, 288, 310, 312

  heritage of, 205, 287, 389, 393, 397

  homes of, xi, 7–8, 27, 108, 210, 217, 219–20, 287, 304–5, 311, 342, 351–56, 358, 363, 365, 369–74, 376–81, 433, 472

  illnesses and injuries of, 105, 315, 319n, 320, 397–98

  on Japanese aesthetics, 371

  on leadership, 298–99

  litigations of, 201–2, 257, 359–62

  management style of, 7, 22–25, 42, 47, 55, 58–60, 63–64, 66–71, 75–82, 84–86, 88–105, 113–14, 116–24, 126–56, 158–62, 164, 166–67, 171, 175–76, 178, 180–82, 190–92, 196–97, 285–96, 423–24, 432, 457, 459–61, 463, 476, 486

  on mortality, 12, 397–99

  motor yachts of, 8, 18, 132, 205, 286, 322, 341, 343, 373–76, 378–79, 454, 456, 461–64

  optimism of, 9, 30, 35, 195, 210, 214, 243, 253, 262, 296–97, 300, 379, 465, 485

  passion and industry of, 7, 10

  in perfect storm, 433–36, 439–40, 446–47, 449–50

  personal security of, 11, 27, 246

  philanthropy of, 8, 12, 382–89, 391–92, 398–99

  physical appearance of, 184, 194, 217

  politics of, 392–97

  press and, 27–28, 40, 95, 108, 137, 138n, 140, 142, 148–49, 158–59, 161, 171, 184–85, 205–8, 243, 252–53, 256–57, 259, 266n, 269, 272, 296–97, 357, 359–62, 364, 383, 386, 403–6, 411, 413, 428–29, 450, 455–56, 485

  programming skills of, 56–57, 64

  public speaking of, 2, 13–15, 19–20, 31, 33–35, 38–40, 51–52, 66, 130, 188–89, 199–201, 218, 248–59, 263, 386n, 426–28

  sailing and, xii, 7–9, 18, 97n, 205, 286, 299, 302–29, 347–48, 383, 450, 453–71

  on sales comp, 251

  salesmanship of, 9–10, 12–25, 28–37, 40–41, 44, 63–69, 71–72, 75, 233, 243–45, 253, 287–88, 300, 406–10, 412–20, 426–29, 451–53, 476

  selecting successor to, 482–84

  self-confidence of, 194, 220, 239, 454

  sense of humor of, 29, 33, 93, 208–9, 233, 248, 289, 311, 331, 334, 336, 353, 398, 428, 450, 483

  spiritualism of, 397

  technical knowledge of, 70, 93, 95, 136, 143, 148, 161, 165

  television appearances of, 20–22, 414–15

  typical day of, 286–89

  vacations of, xii, 18, 132, 205, 310, 322, 341, 343, 371, 382

  vision of, xii, 3, 5–7, 9–10, 14, 41–43, 51, 53–55, 65, 67, 70, 73, 75, 78, 80–81, 85–86, 88, 96, 101, 108, 136, 142–43, 146–47, 158, 164–65, 185, 260–61, 266n, 270–71, 296, 374, 471–72, 476–78, 481–82, 485

  war against complexity of, 17, 36–39, 43, 45–50, 208, 220, 264

  Ellison, Lillian (adopted mother), 301n, 332–33, 335–39, 382, 386

  Ellison, Louis (father), 57, 84, 242, 331–33, 335, 337, 339–40, 348–49, 352, 393

  Ellison, Megan (daughter), 9, 312, 340–47, 354–55

  Ellison, Nancy Wheeler (second wife), 64, 349–53

  Ellison Medical Foundation (EMF), 8, 384–89, 398

  EMC, 30, 184

  energy industry, Oracle’s best-of-breed suite for, 151

  Enron scandal, 379, 433, 483

  E.piphany, 46, 225

  Erkelens, Bill, 303–9, 328, 459

  Chicago Mac race and, 324, 326

  in Sydney-to-Hobart race, 308–9

  Ernst & Young, 425

  E*TRADE, 3, 184

  European Information Technology Forum, 38–40

  Exiros, 245

  Falotti, Pier Carlo, 155, 175–76

  Farr, Bruce, 303, 305, 328, 456

  Fastnet Race, 327–28

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 28, 410

  t
errorism and, 402, 404–6, 412–14

  Federal Housing Authority, 333

  Feinstein, Dianne, 364, 411–12

  Fenwick, Lex, 415

  fiber-optic networks, 106, 110

  Fiddler on the Roof, 262n

  Fidelity Investments, 451

  Fields, Mike, 94–95, 99

  Finance Department, Calif., 435–36, 444

  Financial Times (FT), 24–25, 206, 287

  Finn, Jim, 425n, 440

  Fitzgerald, Kevin, 31, 407, 411

  perfect storm and, 439, 442–44, 447, 453

  Florez, Dean, 436, 439–48

  Fogel, Jeremy, 257

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 391

  Forbes, 206–7

  Ford, 5, 54

  E-Business Suite and, 248

  Oracle’s partnership with, 15, 157

  Foreman, George, 282

  Forrester Research, 25, 51, 190, 202, 259

  Fortune, 108, 206, 269, 293, 359, 383

  Foster, Norman, 373–74

  Fox, James, 361

  Freud, Sigmund, 343

  Galilee Hitchhiker, 310

  Galileo, 143, 260, 261n

  Gap, The, 287–88

  Gartner Dataquest, 189–90

  Gartner Group, 216, 237, 256, 259, 261–62, 448–49, 478

  perfect storm and, 438–39

  Gates, Bill, 1–2, 236, 452–53, 479

  antitrust litigation and, 1, 265, 272, 277, 279

  celebrity of, 38, 40

  Ellison’s competition with, xii, 42, 248, 263–64, 266–69, 272–73, 276–77, 279, 284, 384

  finances of, 4, 21, 40, 184, 263, 269, 276–77

  passion and industry of, 7

  philanthropy of, 384, 387

  physical appearance of, 5

  salesmanship of, 452

  VOD and, 109

  GBR, 459

  General Electric (GE), 300, 373

  databases and, 238

  E-Business Suite and, 14, 18, 23, 227, 229–32, 234–35, 248, 287, 297–98

  finances of, 180–81

  in Hungary, 23, 35, 227–32, 234, 248

  Medical Systems division of, 27, 228–29, 238

  Power Systems division of, 14, 18, 23, 33, 35, 228–32, 234, 248, 287, 297–98

  General Motors (GM), 54, 103, 157

  Genin, Harold, 292n

  Gerstner, Lou, 47, 280–81, 284

  Giacoletto, Sergio, 428

  Giga Information Group, 130, 186

  Giuliani, Rudy, 415, 417

  Glass, Geoff, 19, 22

  globalization, globalism, xi, 18n, 48, 55, 96, 103, 153, 166–67, 174–77, 181–83

  of applications market, 115, 117, 120–21, 182–83

  client/server computing and, 45

  of consulting operations, 123

  Internet computing architecture and, 42–43, 45, 50–51

  of Oracle’s IT systems, 170–71, 224–25

  Oracle’s management and, 175–76