I Think After A Certain Amount, I’m

In Order To Grow At This Pace, There Will Have To Be A Couple Of Acquisitions Along The Way. The Tricky Thing Is To Grow At This Rate And Maintain A 40 Percent Operating Margin.

I Think I Am Very Goal Oriented. I'd Like To Win The America's Cup. I'd Like Oracle To Be The No 1 Software Company In The World. I Still Think It Is Possible To Beat Microsoft.

I Am Also Involved With All The Acquisitions And Overall Strategy. Now It's True, I Don't Run Operations. But I've Never Really Run Operations. I've Never Had The Endurance To Run Sales. The Whole Idea Of Selling To The Customer Just Isn't My Personality. I'm An Engineer, Tell Me Why Something Isn't Working Or Is And I Am Curious.

I'm Addicted To Winning. The More You Win, The More You Want To Win.

The Most Important Aspect Of My Personality As Far As Determining My Success Goes; Has Been My Questioning Conventional Wisdom, Doubting Experts And Questioning Authority. While That Can Be Painful In Your Relationships With Your Parents And Teachers, It's Enormously Useful In Life.