Peter Sayer
Executive Editor, News

OracleWorld: Ellison a no-show in Paris

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Oct 21, 20031 min

Oracle CEO sidelined by eye infection

PARIS — Attendees at the European edition of Oracle Corp.’s OracleWorld conference and exhibition hissed at the news: Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison will not be bringing his vision of grid computing to Paris.

Ellison caught an eye infection at the weekend, and is unable to travel, said Oracle Executive Vice President Sergio Giacoletto.

Instead of Ellison’s keynote presentation Tuesday afternoon, attendees will see a video recording of the presentation he gave at OracleWorld San Francisco last month.