Book Reco - Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Matthew Symonds
Its been a while since I enjoyed a good book on the software industry. Although this book is by no means recent and some of the stories are now a bit outdated, I still found it relevant and interesting. Oracle and Ellison have always intrigued me and digging into their history and culture was
facinating.
The author has presented a pretty balanced view of Ellison and it does not suffer from the narrative fallacy
many such? books are prone too. The
auther goes into great detail about the
decision making, politics and larger than life personality of Larry Ellison. Everything from pricing issues to personality conflicts
are covered in detail.
A special part of this book are the
side bars by Ellison himself, clarifying, defending or just adding to the story. So
its a partial autobiography of sorts.
Overall I found it a very interesting and lots of learnings from this one.
Enjoyed it a lot. Recommend it definitely.
Cheers,
Ron
