Larry Ellison started the high-flying tech company Oracle with $1,200 in 1977 and turned it into a billion-dollar Silicon Valley giant. If Bill Gates is the tech world's nerd king, Ellison is its Warren Beatty: racing yachts, buying jets, and romancing beautiful women. His rise to fame and fortune is a tale of entrepreneurial brilliance, ruthless tactics, and a constant stream of half-truths and outright fabrications for which the man and his company are notorious. Investigative reporter Mike Wilson, with access to Ellison himself and more than 125 of his friends, enemies, and former Oracle employees, has created an eye-opening, utterly fascinating portrayal of a Silicon Valley success story . . . filled with the stuff that dreams and cultural icons are made of.

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

Biographies & Memoirs

Wilson, Mike

Professionals & Academics

Harper Business

Implementation of Robot Systems: An introduction to robotics, automation, and successful systems integration in manufacturing

Based on the author’s wide-ranging experience as a robot user, supplier and consultant, Implementation of Robot Systems will enable you to approach the use of robots in your plant or facility armed with the right knowledge base and awareness of critical factors to take into account. This book starts with the basics of typical applications and robot capabilities before covering all stages of successful robot integration. Potential problems and pitfalls are flagged and worked through so that you can learn from others’ mistakes and plan proactively with possible issues in mind. Taking in content from the author’s graduate level teaching of automation and robotics for engineering in business and his consultancy as part of a UK Government program to help companies advance their technologies and practices in the area, Implementation of Robot Systems blends technical information with critical financial and business considerations to help you stay ahead of the competition.

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Butterworth-Heinemann

Based on the author’s wide-ranging experience as a robot user, supplier and consultant, Implementation of Robot Systems will enable you to approach the use of robots in your plant or facility armed with the right knowledge base and awareness of critical factors to take into account. This book starts with the basics of typical applications and robot capabilities before covering all stages of successful robot integration. Potential problems and pitfalls are flagged and worked through so that you can learn from others’ mistakes and plan proactively with possible issues in mind. Taking in content from the author’s graduate level teaching of automation and robotics for engineering in business and his consultancy as part of a UK Government program to help companies advance their technologies and practices in the area, Implementation of Robot Systems blends technical information with critical financial and business considerations to help you stay ahead of the competition.Includes case studies of typical robot capabilities and use across a range of industries, with real-world installation examples and problems encounteredProvides step-by-step coverage of the various stages required to achieve successful implementation, including system design, financial justification, working with suppliers and project managementOffers no-nonsense advice on the pitfalls and issues to anticipate, along with guidance on how to avoid or resolve them for cost and time-effective solutions

The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) is a new class library for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in Java. Created as part of the Eclipse project, SWT allows developers to build efficient, portable applications that directly access the user-interface facilities of the operating systems it is implemented on. This revolutionary technology makes it possible to create Java-based applications that are indistinguishable from a platform's native applications.
SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit, Volume 1, will show you how to:
<ul>
<li>Get SWT, install it, and invoke it from your programs.</li> <li>Understand widgets--the building blocks of GUI--and how they interact with users and compose a GUI.</li> <li>Use graphics routines to configure the appearance of native widgets and draw application-specific graphics.</li> <li>Apply best practices from real-world uses of SWT.</li> <li>Appreciate what makes a quality SWT program. </li>
</ul>
In this book--the first definitive guide to SWT--two of the technology's lead designers and implementers show you how to break the task of building a GUI-based application into components. They then show how these components are modeled in SWT and provide a series of graded examples. The result is a guided tour of the essential aspects of this exciting toolkit, ranging from mouse and keyboard handling to user-interface controls for native operating systems. 
If you want to build modern GUI-based application, SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit, Volume 1, will prove an invaluable guide and reference.

Swt: The Standard Widget Toolkit

Northover, Steve

Programming

Addison-Wesley Professional

Looks at the daily life of the members of the United States Ski Team as they follow the World Cup circuit, and describes the dangers of the sport of downhill racing

Right On The Edge of Crazy: On Tour with the U.S. Downhill Ski Team

Sports & Outdoors

Winter Sports

Vintage

Traces the life of a women judge, who after a short stint as a fashion model, began her career in politics, later to gain her reputation as "the hanging judge"

Maximum Morphonios: The Life and Times of America's Toughest Judge

Morphonios, Ellen

William Morrow & Co.

Draws on interviews with Ellison's friends and enemies, as well as Ellison himself, to create a portrait of the self-made billionaire who founded Oracle, the second largest software company in the world, with a $1,200 investment. Details growth of the company and financial mismanagement that came close to driving the company into bankruptcy, and tells of Ellison's exploits in sports and romance. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Difference Between God And Larry Ellison*: Inside Oracle Corporation

William Morrow

A recent Forbes listed Ellison as the fifth richest man in the world, and the second richest active player (behind Gates) in the technology world. Oracle Corporation, of which he is founder and CEO, is the fastest-growing software database company in the world, and the darling of technology investors. If you withdraw cash from an ATM, make an airline reservation, hook up your TV to the Internet, then you're using Oracle. All of this makes Ellison the man investors, techies, and people-in-the-know want to know more about. The ultimate self-made man, Ellison began Oracle with a $1,200 investment and doubled its sales in eleven of its first twelve years. But he's a ruthless businessman who has used misdirection and half-truths to create one of the great high-tech success stories. He is also a daredevil sportsman with a 78-foot yacht, a number of fast jets, and beautiful women on his arm. If Gates is the nerd-King of the Valley, Ellison is its Warren Beatty. Mike Wilson has interviewed more than a hundred of Ellison's friends and enemies as well as Ellison himself to create an entertaining and provocative portrait of this enigmatic and visionary businessman.

Difference Between God And Larry Ellison*, The *god Doesn't Think He's Larry E: *god Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison / Inside Oracle Corporation

Harper-perennial

Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for classrooms and libraries in need of current-issue matierials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format.

World Religion (Opposing Viewpoints (Library))

Teen & Young Adult

Social Issues

Greenhaven

Provides a collection of essays with varying viewpoints on the subject of world religion, covering such topics as the ability of the world's religions to solve global problems, evaluate scientific issues, and deal with wars and the promotion of aggression.

World Religion (Opposing Viewpoints)

Religion & Spirituality

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Books by Wilson, Mike

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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

Implementation of Robot Systems: An introduction to robotics, automation, and successful systems integration in manufacturing

Implementation of Robot Systems: An introduction to robotics, automation, and successful systems integration in manufacturing

Swt: The Standard Widget Toolkit

Right On The Edge of Crazy: On Tour with the U.S. Downhill Ski Team

Maximum Morphonios: The Life and Times of America's Toughest Judge

The Difference Between God And Larry Ellison*: Inside Oracle Corporation

Difference Between God And Larry Ellison, The god Doesn't Think He's Larry E: *god Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison / Inside Oracle Corporation

World Religion (Opposing Viewpoints (Library))

World Religion (Opposing Viewpoints)