With the recent news of Larry Ellison relinquishing the CEO role at Oracle, there are likely to be many comparisons between his legacy and that of his late friend Steve Jobs. Indeed, both were visionary technologists whose impact on their respective markets will be felt for generations. But a more appropriate, and slightly contrarian comparison, is that Ellison is actually the George Lucas of technology. Ellison and Lucas share a strikingly similar legacy beyond the fact both are 70-year-old Northern California billionaires.
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