"If an open source product gets good enough, we'll simply take it. So the great thing about open source is nobody owns it – a company like Oracle is free to take it for nothing, include it in our products and charge for support, and that's what we'll do. So it is not disruptive at all – you have to find places to add value. Once open source gets good enough, competing with it would be insane. … We don't have to fight open source, we have to exploit open source."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Financial Times interview (18 April 2006).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Larry_Ellison
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Larry Ellison
12 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Larry Ellison →
Related Quotes
"When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my prim…"
"I hate the PC, with a passion."
"It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead"
"If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden."
"Twenty minutes compared to never, that's a lot. Our customer, the Central Intelligence Agency, would get very upset […"
"The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but …"
"Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots an…"
"Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure."
"So remember this graduates: when people start saying you're crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovat…"
"I had all the disadvantages necessary for success."