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agray123

Actually ran into Craig in the hallway and told him to give Larry hell! He said, "What do you think I've been doing?", laughed, and gave me a high five. Fighting almost made it worse!

Posted: 09/11/2025 at 01:51 PM ET

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Good day to be Larry Ellison- he just passed Elon as richest -- turkeywinghokie Sep 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/10/25 12:14 PM ET

Oracle is the biggest pirate ship on the beltway -- Happy Dog Sep 11, 2025 at 05:17 AM ET

Happy Dog • 09/11/25 05:17 AM ET

As an old guy I understood about three words of that post.** -- Galenahokie Sep 11, 2025 at 09:30 AM ET

Galenahokie • 09/11/25 09:30 AM ET

I did 7 years at Oracle and not saying you are wrong -- turkeywinghokie Sep 11, 2025 at 08:06 AM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/11/25 08:06 AM ET

They also poached my staff -- Happy Dog Sep 11, 2025 at 08:57 AM ET

Happy Dog • 09/11/25 08:57 AM ET

Literally pursued buying PeopleSoft just so he could fire Craig Conway CEO** -- agray123 Sep 10, 2025 at 04:01 PM ET

agray123 • 09/10/25 04:01 PM ET

Well that was the cherry on top for Larry -- turkeywinghokie Sep 11, 2025 at 08:03 AM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/11/25 08:03 AM ET

I was at the last PeopleSoft conference before the takeover, during the war ◄ -- agray123 Sep 11, 2025 at 01:51 PM ET

agray123 • 09/11/25 01:51 PM ET

Funny. I was at that same conference and listened to Conway in his keynote -- vt90 Sep 11, 2025 at 04:09 PM ET

vt90 • 09/11/25 04:09 PM ET

Yes! I remember that speech! Small world. I still like Peoplesoft over SAP, -- agray123 Sep 12, 2025 at 01:21 PM ET

agray123 • 09/12/25 01:21 PM ET

Been working in PS since 2001 and hope to ride my current project into ... -- vt90 Sep 12, 2025 at 01:39 PM ET

vt90 • 09/12/25 01:39 PM ET

Replacing Navy ERP with Navy ERP+ (SAP S4) will be mine! ** -- agray123 Sep 12, 2025 at 02:00 PM ET

agray123 • 09/12/25 02:00 PM ET

Pretty sure that is true most days. But yeah, big leap.** -- vt90 Sep 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM ET

vt90 • 09/10/25 12:23 PM ET

$100+ Billion today- just passed him today** -- turkeywinghokie Sep 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/10/25 12:37 PM ET

Yeah - have several buddies who work at Oracle that have been texting me .. -- vt90 Sep 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM ET

vt90 • 09/10/25 12:39 PM ET