Oh hey, the owner of the publisher is an Ellison! What a fun fact! Megan Ellison is Larry Ellison’s daughter. For those not in the know, Larry Ellison is the owner of Oracle. He and his company are profoundly interesting in the way a tornado’s effect on a wooden shack full of sheep is interesting. This section of a talk from a former Oracle employee does a great job of explaining why we should not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. It’s hilarious and I highly recommend checking it out.
All of this is to say that his children might be a bit like him. Children aren’t doomed to be like their parents (my partner could not be more different from her abusive, terrible mother), but they certainly can be like their parents.
EDIT: that talk is only of passing relevancy, but it’s really funny and I can’t pass up a chance to share it with people who may not have seen it.
Thank you for this. I just stumbled here from all, and I know nothing about gaming or any other context, except for news stories about blizzard, for example. When I read the name, my first thought was wondering if they’re cool with a woman as a boss (I’m not trying to be shitty, just with the blizzard fiasco, that’s where my mind went). I’m really glad I’m not leaving this story with that assumption in place
Remember, if it wasn’t for Larry Ellison, LibreOffice wouldn’t exist. I remember reading about those shenanigans while they were happening and desperately hoping a fork would appear soon. I wasn’t disappointed.
Thanks for this. I enjoyed the discussion. I still managed Solaris up until a couple years ago. I could still login if I cared to, but others manage the mothballed environment now. I was super mad how Oracle killed them. Still mad as I think on it.
When he bought that Hawaiian island he sent out an email to literally all employees bragging about it. From then on I had an email rule sending anything from him to trash
I was curious so I looked it up. I could t find any quote like that, but I did find a biography about Larry Ellison titled The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison†: Inside Oracle Corporation;
†God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison.
Oh hey, the owner of the publisher is an Ellison! What a fun fact! Megan Ellison is Larry Ellison’s daughter. For those not in the know, Larry Ellison is the owner of Oracle. He and his company are profoundly interesting in the way a tornado’s effect on a wooden shack full of sheep is interesting. This section of a talk from a former Oracle employee does a great job of explaining why we should not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. It’s hilarious and I highly recommend checking it out.
All of this is to say that his children might be a bit like him. Children aren’t doomed to be like their parents (my partner could not be more different from her abusive, terrible mother), but they certainly can be like their parents.
EDIT: that talk is only of passing relevancy, but it’s really funny and I can’t pass up a chance to share it with people who may not have seen it.
lol Bryan Cantrill isn’t just some random “former Oracle employee”.
Thank you for this. I just stumbled here from all, and I know nothing about gaming or any other context, except for news stories about blizzard, for example. When I read the name, my first thought was wondering if they’re cool with a woman as a boss (I’m not trying to be shitty, just with the blizzard fiasco, that’s where my mind went). I’m really glad I’m not leaving this story with that assumption in place
Remember, if it wasn’t for Larry Ellison, LibreOffice wouldn’t exist. I remember reading about those shenanigans while they were happening and desperately hoping a fork would appear soon. I wasn’t disappointed.
Thanks for this. I enjoyed the discussion. I still managed Solaris up until a couple years ago. I could still login if I cared to, but others manage the mothballed environment now. I was super mad how Oracle killed them. Still mad as I think on it.
Didn’t he once publicly say that he’s bigger than Jesus?
When he bought that Hawaiian island he sent out an email to literally all employees bragging about it. From then on I had an email rule sending anything from him to trash
I was curious so I looked it up. I could t find any quote like that, but I did find a biography about Larry Ellison titled The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison†: Inside Oracle Corporation;
†God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison.
Fascinating