[PEN-L:11345] Re: Oracle and the CIA

[Nathan Newman <newman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders,

Can you send me the reference on this.  Is this the current issue?

--Nathan


On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Anders Schneiderman wrote:

> Dear Pen-lrs,
>
> Whenever I give talks about the computer industry, I point out that
> virtually all of the major companies got massive help, directly or
> indirectly, from Uncle Sam.  One of the few exceptions was Oracle--or so I
> thought.  I just read a profile of Ellison in Vanity Fair, and it turns out
> that the first major database that he sold was for the CIA!  In fact, he
> named his company "Oracle" because that was the code name for his previous
> project for the CIA when he was working at Amex (sp?).   His next customer
> after the CIA?  The Air Force, of course.  Oh, the joys of unfettered free
> enterprise....
>
> Anders Schneiderman
> Progressive Communications
>
>