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Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle

Matthew Symonds with Larry Ellison

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Summary

Symonds examines Larry Ellison’s private life and Oracle’s difficult path to growth, with access granted by Ellison. The account presents the intensity and risks behind the founder’s decisions, while Ellison adds his own commentaries. This paperback includes an expanded epilogue about Oracle’s struggle to gain control of PeopleSoft.

  • SourceSoftwar — Simon & Schuster · About the Book, Commentaries by Larry Ellison and Product Details; September 7, 2004 paperback, expanded PeopleSoft epilogue

Why read it Our view

Useful for comparing a founder’s own explanations with a journalist’s account of the company. Ask how Ellison presents a difficult choice, what the surrounding facts show and how competition shapes decisions.

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  • Larry EllisonBiography subject and commentator
    Ellison is the subject of Symonds’s book and supplies his own commentaries. Simon & Schuster identifies him separately as commentator for this paperback edition.
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