One of Oracle's founders and I had a good laugh over this book.The inaccuracies are amazing.About two pages in it says that Oracle was started to build a database on an IBM mainframe for the Air Force.Wrongcustomer, wrong computer, wrong project.It doesn't get much better lateron.The author didn't bother to interview any early Oracle people exceptthe accountant.The book says there are few nerds at Oracle, and everyoneis fashionably dressed.This tells me he only met sales and marketingpeople, not the several thousand technicians who worked in the adjacentbuildings and actually built the products.A bit later the author saysthat he was moved from an inexpensive motel to a fancy hotel because that'show Oracle people lived.He doesn't mention that the manager in charge ofthat group was fired for wasting money. I could go on, but this review mustbe limited.I think the book does suggest the tone of the sales andmarketing people when left on their own, but the shareholders should knowthat most people are modest, hardworking, normal people and that wastingmoney is not the corporate standard.
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The software developed by the Oracle Corporation affects the lives of every business person. It is the world''s second largest software company, and the world''s largest database company. This study examines how Oracle has achieved such growth.'
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