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Summary: Sure, Bill Gates is richer, but I'd rather be Larry Ellison!
Review: This book was a great read, and it was a blast reading about the great Larry Ellison. Larry Ellison's personality comes out in this book. He is a fun, flamboyant, in-your-face billionaire who knows how to enjoy the money he makes. Big houses, sharp clothes, fast cars, and hot women! Oh, yeah, he also built up a pretty good business.
Larry, you're the man!!
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Summary: Good read
Review: "Greed is Good." from the movie Wallstreet, said by Gordon Gekko
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Summary: Larry is a piece of work.
Review: Having worked for Oracle as a technical support rep, back when there were only five of us in the US and seven worldwide (we kept our support database on paper because the database was too slow and prone to corruption!), I too recommend book."The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison" is a 'must-read' for anyone considering buying a relational database management system, working in the industry, or for anyone who is simply wants to mercilessly crush their competition with mediocre products and high pressure sales tactics. Larry Ellison makes Machievelli look like Saint Francis. However, like Ghengis Khan, you have to admire his accomplishments.
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Summary: Everything I expected....
Review: I have always been fascinated by Steve Jobs, and little did I know that he and Ellison were best friends. As the past president of my fraternity, I find their leadership styles and personality a lot like my own, which I find very scary at times. Ellisons aggresiveness, attitudes, etc. I would highly recommend anyone who is interested in Ellison not only read this book but read the July issue of Icon Magazine. It contains some good quotes from Ellison and others that know him. Mike Wilson he does a great job of making the book as interesting as possible. I am a computer geek, and admit that understanding computer life can be a bit dry if you are not a propeller head. I do agree with what someone said about Larry in an interview with Icon. He will definetly grow old lonely with that life style of his. Ellison will never accept anyone until he accepts himself. This book is well worth the price of admission.
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Summary: informative, entertaining
Review: I seldom read any books but this one.
This is the book for which I can read like a movie.
The author describes how Ellison uses talented people to built his Empire, and dump them cruelly when they are no longer making contributions, or not meeting his expectations. There are three things Ellison cared the most during the early years of Oracle:
1. Making Deals
2. Making Deals
3. Making Deals
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Summary: Brutally Brilliant
Review: Larry is the man. I admire the way mike wilson
portrays larry so candidly and shows that
ruthlessness and agressiveness are what larry
leveraged to success. this book is compelling and chilling. lawrence joseph
ellison's ride to the top was not as easy like william gates
but he showed exemplary management skills and devoted his life
to Oracle and its growth a must read for anyone who likes sheer brilliance
and vision Larry portrays no emotions at all known to man except greed and the desire to win at by making others fail.Lawrence Ellison
shows that even a second generation immigrant can reach the
highest levels of power in corporate america by sheer effort and vision Business schools should make a case study of larry and his success story and this book is a good study into winning at any cost If Larry were in Microsoft,it would be 10 times larger than what it is The book also portrays the intense hatred larry has for william
gates,simply because gates didn't think larry was important enough. Gates bashing is also part of Larry's style All in all I became a great fan of larry after reading this book.
But then again I am a fan of any book or movie that portrays the intense burning desire of man to succeed at any cost
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Summary: Good read
Review: Very good read, I couldn't put this book down until I was finished, larry is the man.
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Summary: Great Insight into Ellison
Review: Would highly reccommend to anybody in corporate management. Provides great insight not only into Ellison on a biographical level, but also brings up questions of buisness ethics and the question of where the line between "creative forward-looking marketing" and "lying" really is. Best book I have seen in showing how someone can turn a outwardly perceived negative (Ellison's ego / personality) and turn it into a great driving force and positive.
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Summary: Great history of Oracle from many different perspectives
Review: Yes, I liked it. As an Oracle UK employee it filled in information on many of the myths that float around the company. It would make good reading for anyone who would like to get an insight into what drives Larry and how he views himself (and wants others to view him as well). The book is well written but compared to other biographies that I have read, does not capture and hold the reader. I found some of the chapters very hard going (particularly the discussions of in depth finance) but others held my attention well. The book is worth reading merely for the information that it contains from realtives, friends and even interviews with Larry.
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