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Why do you think that a CTO has to be highly technical? Does a CTO at a big technology company write code? Line level engineering managers don't even write code a lot of the time. You just deal in the high-level abstract.
He's got to be on top of all the industry trends. Say what you will about Larry, he is on top of this.
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Wow, I never knew that he is 70. I thought 40-something. But he looks really young. In this picture he is 69! [1] [1] http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg
His face looks great. I think you can see his age in his arm skin.
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Maybe it has something to do with him being 70?
Wow, I never knew that he is 70. I thought 40-something. But he looks really young. In this picture he is 69! [1] [1] http://www.channelweb.co.uk/IMG/834/272834/big-ellison.jpg
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Yeah, I think Ellison is heading for a "phased" retirement. Eventually, he'll give up the CTO role and just be Chairman. Then he'll give up the Chairman role (perhaps when he dies).
I don't see becoming CTO as heading for retirement. If he wanted to semi-retire he could adopt some other title like Chief Software Architect. Also your mention of his eventual death sounds insulting. There are plenty of better things to pick apart Ellison for besides his age, and he isn't all that old. There isn't a single mention of his health in the wikipedia article about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_E…
Not really sure what to say about this. I don't know Ellison, nor do I own Oracle stock, or have any particular interest in Oracle per-se. But nonetheless, I've always seen Ellison as an important character in our industry, and after reading a biography about him, I felt a sort of kinship with him based on some shared interests. At any rate, it definitely feels like the "end of an era" in a sense. I got my start in t…
Not really sure what to say about this. I don't know Ellison, nor do I own Oracle stock, or have any particular interest in Oracle per-se. But nonetheless, I've always seen Ellison as an important character in our industry, and after reading a biography about him, I felt a sort of kinship with him based on some shared interests. At any rate, it definitely feels like the "end of an era" in a sense. I got my start in t…
I'm not sure that you want to be finding kinship with sociopaths.
That said, I don't think I'd like Larry Ellison if I knew him (although I could be wrong). I'm just saying that there are things about him where I can see some overlap in thinking and interests. It doesn't mean I want him sainted or anything. :-)