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Softwar - by Matthew Symonds (Paperback)

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  • In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stands out as one of the most outspoken, driven, and daring leaders of the software industry.
  • About the Author: Matthew Symonds is currently political editor of The Economist, but before that was the magazine's technology and communications editor for nearly four years.
  • 512 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Corporate & Business History

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About the Book



Written with exclusive and unprecedented access, journalist Symonds brings readers the definitive portrait of the computer company Oracle, and of Larry Ellison--complete with Ellison's own commentary and criticisms on Symonds' reporting.



Book Synopsis



In a business where great risks, huge fortunes, and even bigger egos are common, Larry Ellison stands out as one of the most outspoken, driven, and daring leaders of the software industry. The company he cofounded and runs, Oracle, is the number one business software company. Perhaps even more than Microsoft's, Oracle's products are essential to today's networked world.
In Softwar, journalist Matthew Symonds gives readers exclusive and intimate insight into both Oracle and the man who made it and runs it. As well as relating the story of Oracle's often bumpy path to industry dominance, Symonds deals with the private side of Ellison's life. With unlimited insider access granted by Ellison himself, Symonds captures the intensity and, some would say, the recklessness that have made Ellison a legend.
With a new and expanded epilogue for the paperback edition that tells the story behind Oracle's epic struggle to win control of PeopleSoft, Softwar is the most complete portrait undertaken of the man and his empire -- a unique and gripping account of both the way the computing industry really works and an extraordinary life.



Review Quotes




BusinessWeek Symonds excels at letting readers into the 59-year-old Ellison's often turbulent personal life....[and] provides a wonderful image of an Ellison who is far from being all-business.

Financial Times An unusually candid study of how a tiny start-up...grew -- sometimes painfully -- into a Silicon Valley institution.

Harvard Business Review A sympathetic and revealing portrait of an idiosyncratic executive and company....Entertaining.

The New York Times The access [Symonds] got is apparent....This access gives the reader a rare window on Ellison's mind.

Lisa Baertlein Reuters Software titan Larry Ellison has been busy scribbling footnotes to the most detailed account yet of his outsized life....He also responds and sometimes challenges the account of author Matthew Symonds -- a twist in presentation that adds a real-time feel to the 500-page biography.



About the Author



Matthew Symonds is currently political editor of The Economist, but before that was the magazine's technology and communications editor for nearly four years. He has also been a founding editorial director of The Independent and strategy director of BBC Worldwide Television. Symonds lives in London with his wife and three children
Dimensions (Overall): 9.05 Inches (H) x 6.06 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.69 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 512
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Corporate & Business History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
Author: Matthew Symonds
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2004
TCIN: 76987576
UPC: 9780743225052
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-8562
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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