Message-ID: <19276181.1075854378319.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 01:49:00 -0700 (PDT) From: darron.giron@enron.com To: dawn.kenne@enron.com, phillip.love@enron.com, b.palmer@enron.com, victor.guggenheim@enron.com, kam.keiser@enron.com, cgiron@mindspring.com Subject: CEO of ORACLE said that....(Interesting Article) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Darron C Giron X-To: Dawn C Kenne, Phillip M Love, B Scott Palmer, Victor Guggenheim, Kam Keiser, cgiron@mindspring.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Darron C Giron/HOU/ECT on 08/18/2000 08:46 AM --------------------------- Scott Crowell on 08/17/2000 11:29:50 AM To: undisclosed-recipients:; cc: Subject: CEO of ORACLE said that....(Interesting Article) Return-Path: Received: from inet-smtp1.oracle.com (inet-smtp1.us.oracle.com [209.246.15.57]) by gmgw03.us.oracle.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA14268 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwr_mail_svr.rwr.com ([209.44.145.250]) by inet-smtp1.oracle.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA04054 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by RWR_MAIL_SVR with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:43:37 -0500 Message-ID: <2019FB428FD3D311893700508B71EBFB2ACFF6@RWR_MAIL_SVR> From: Valerie Parker Subject: FW: CEO of ORACLE said that....(Interesting Article) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:43:35 -0500 Return-Receipt-To: Valerie Parker MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Care to hear what Larry Ellison,CEO of ORACLE (2nd Richest Man on the > Planet) said at the Convocation of the Yale University last month: > "Graduates of Yale University, I want you to do something for me. Please, > take a good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at > the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: > Five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 thirty years from now, > odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser. The person on > your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What > can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude. "In fact, as I look > out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I > don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a > thousand losers. "You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can > I, Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout > such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most > prestigious institutions? I'll tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" > Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you > are not. "Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet-for now, > anyway-is a college dropout, and you are not. "Because Paul Allen, the > third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not. > "And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving > up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not." "Hmm... > you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a > moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not > attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years > here, and in many ways what you've learned and endured will serve you well > in the years ahead. You've established good work habits. You've > established a network of people that will help you down the road. And > you've established what will be lifelong relationships with the word > 'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you will need that network. > You will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy. > "You will need them because you didn't drop out, and so you will never be > among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work > your way up to No. 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't > have to tell you who he really works for, do I? And for the record, he > dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer. > "Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, > are wondering, 'Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at > all?' Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think you > know too much. You're not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'm not > referring to the mortar boards on your heads." > "Hmm... you're really very upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this > would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of > '00. You are a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic > $200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks will be signed by former > classmates who dropped out two years ago." > "Instead, I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to > you, and I can't stress this enough: leave. Pack your things and your > ideas and don't come back. Drop out. Start up. "For I can tell you that a > cap and gown will keep you down just as surely ..." > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Visit us at: http://www.nba.com.pk/ <> > Email: computers@nba.com.pk <> > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > <> - scott.crowell.vcf