Larry Ellison : “[If] I had one bullet, trust me, it wouldn’t be for the dog.”
September 26th, 2004 by Mark Rittman
The New York Times: "May I buy your beloved pet dog, just so I can take
him around back and shoot him? That’s how the chief executive of PeopleSoft,
Craig Conway, described Oracle’s hostile bid for his company, which Oracle
intends to use to move PeopleSoft customers to its own software.
Oracle’s takeover tale has entered its 16th month, making it a drama of
many acts. Conway currently declares that he holds no personal animus against
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chief executive. But in the past, the two rivals made
remarks about each other that were not customary politesse. A "sociopath" is the
piquant way Conway described Ellison last year. Returning the favor, Ellison
appropriated the image of Conway’s vulnerable pet: if Conway and the dog were
standing next to each other, he said, and "I had one bullet, trust me, it
wouldn’t be for the dog."
