Word: warrior
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trying to do are things that serve the best interests of Oracle, its shareholders and society at large, because that's what makes me happy." He preaches the virtues of simplicity and compatibility--at least in terms of using technology--yet he conducts his business like a Ninja warrior. "In every private conversation I've had with Larry over the past 15 or 20 years," says an industry figure, "the metaphors when he's speaking of competitors are always violent. He'll say, 'This is the quarter we put a knife in their chest,' or, 'The life will be choked...
...corporate manifestation of that warrior spirit is Oracle, the software-and-consulting giant Ellison has built over the past 20 years. Oracle enjoys a virtual hammerlock in the immensely profitable business of organizing and storing information in electronic databases. In the past fiscal year the firm squeezed more than $600 million in profits from revenues of $4.2 billion by helping firms like Pacific Bell and American Airlines track billing records and airline reservations. The company's market value is $28 billion--more than that of Time Warner or H.J. Heinz--and it has enjoyed better than a 30% annual growth...
Winning, though, will probably mean becoming a team player, since it's unlikely that Oracle can unseat Microsoft alone. That will be a new role for a man who cherishes his lone-warrior reputation as much as his collection of Samurai helmets. Yet the scope of his ambition for network computing--as well as some mellowing that has come with age--appears to have left Ellison ready to cooperate. Already Oracle has begun to form an anti-Microsoft axis with Silicon Valley neighbors Sun Microsystems and Netscape, which Ellison says may have the perfect NC interface with its browser. Inside...
...provided him with the fodder for several books on Israeli military history. Despite this, Nelan notes that Herzog's deep involvement in Israeli's armed forces did not prevent him from seeing the possibility of a reconciliation in the Middle East. "People will remember him not only as a warrior, but as a man who always spoke up in favor of peace...
...Albert Underzo, document the adventures of a village of plucky Gauls in an ancient France almost completely dominated by the Romans. Asterix's adventures have appeared as countless films and cartoons in French television and theaters, been translated into dozens of languages worldwide (including Latin) and garnered the indomitable warrior his own theme park, just a little north of Paris. (To gauge the difference in the cultural influence of comics in France and in America, consider the fact that the best-selling book of all time in France is one of Asterix's comic albums...