Playboy Interview: Larry Ellison

September, 2002

a candid conversation with software's toughest s.o.b. about the techno bust, the wisdom of a national identity card and the truth about his archenemy, bill gatesLarry Ellison, the fifth-richest man in the world and chief executive officer of Oracle, the second-largest software company after Microsoft, is in the news again. He is ranting on Chris Matthews' Hardball show on MSNBC. Things have changed since the days of Thomas Jefferson, Ellison says, especially after September 11. The nation needs...