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If the Internet turns out not to be the future of computing, we're toast. But if it is, we're golden.

Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 17
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The Bronx
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Lawrence Joseph Ellison
Lawrence Ellison
Lawrence J. Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Larry Ellison
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