标题：Oracle的CEO在耶鲁大学2000年毕�

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Larry Ellison，CEO of Oracle，是当今仅次于盖茨的第二富。以下是他在
Yale2000年毕业典礼上的致词：

　　耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉--如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。我想请你们为我作
一件事。请你--好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的
同学。恩，请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今
天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者；右边这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你
，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样？一样失败者。
　　失败的经历。失败的优等生。
　　说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。我没有看到
一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者。我只看到了一千个失败者。你们感到沮丧。这是
可以理解的。为什么，我，Lawrence "Larry" Ellison，一个退学生，竟然在美国
最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端？我来告诉你原因。因为，我，Lawrence
"Larry" Ellison，这个行星上第二富有的人，是个退学生，而你不是。因为
Bill Gates，这个行星上最富有的人--就目前而言--是个退学生，而你不是。因为
Paul Allen，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了学，而你没有。再来一点证据吧，
因为Michael Dell，这个行星上第9富有的人--他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退
学生。而你，你不是。
　恩……你们非常沮丧。这是可以理解的。
　　现在，让我打击你一下。我要相当诚挚地指出：你们的文凭不是白拿的。你们
中的大多数，我猜，已经在这里花费了4、5年时光，你们将以各种方式在未来使用
你所学的东西。你们已经确立了好的工作习惯。你们已经建立了能帮你沿这条路前
进的人际网。你们已经将自己这辈子与"therapy（治疗）"这个词建立了一种联系
。一切很好。因为事实上，你们需要这些。
　　你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。你将来需要这种"therapy"。你需要它们
，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。哦，当然，你可以，也
许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就象Steve Ballmer。但，我没有告诉你
他在为谁工作，是吧？根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。
　　现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，"我能做什么
？我究竟有没有前途？"当然没有。太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己
懂得太多。你们再也不是19岁了。你们有了"built-in"的帽子，哦，我指的可不是
你们脑袋上的学位帽。
　恩……你们已经非常沮丧啦。这是可以理解的。所以，现在可能是讨论实质的
时候拉--绝不是为了你们，2000年毕业生。你们已经被一使销，不予考虑了。我
想，你们就偷偷摸摸的去干那年薪200000的可怜工作吧，在那里，工资单是由你两
年前辍学的同班同学签字开出来的。事实上，我是寄希望于眼下还没有毕业的同学
。我要对他们说，离开这里。收拾好你的东西，带着你的点子，别再回来。退学吧
，开始行动。我要告诉你，一顶帽子一套学位服必然要让你沦落……就象这些保安
马上要把我从这个讲台上撵走一样必然……

　（此时，Oracle CEO被带离了讲台）
"Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of
prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a good
look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate
on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now,
even 30 thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to
be a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And
you, in the middle? What
can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.

"In fact, as I look out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a
bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand
industries. I see a thousand losers.

"You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence 'Larry'
Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the
graduating class of one of the nation's most prestigious institutions? I'll
tell you why. Because I,
Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college
dropout, and you are not.

"Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a
college dropout, and you are not.

"Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of
college, and you did not.

"And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving up
fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.

"Hmm... you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos
for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not
attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here,
and in many ways what
you've learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. You've
established good work habits. You've established a network of people that
will help you down the road. And you've established what will be lifelong
relationships with the word
'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you will need that network. You
will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy.

"You will need them because you didn't drop out, and so you will never be
among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your
way up to No. 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't have to
tell you who he really works
for, do I? And for the record, he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late
bloomer.

"Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are
wondering, 'Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all?'
Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think you know too
much. You're not 19 anymore.
You have a built-in cap, and I'm not referring to the mortar boards on your
heads.

"Hmm... you're really very upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this
would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of
'00. You are a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic
$200,000-a-year jobs, where your
checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped out two years ago.

"Instead, I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you,
and I can't stress this enough: leave. Pack your things and your ideas and
don't come back. Drop out. Start up.

"For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as
these security guards dragging me off this stage are keeping me dow... "

Origins: In July 2000, an inventive story about Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
bestowing an unusual commencement speech upon the graduating class of Yale
University began popping up in various inboxes. Some were left wondering if
this could be the real
thing, given what is known of Ellison's famed ego, and because the wide
circulation of the 1997 Kurt Vonnegut commencement speech hoax had prepared
the way for this piece to sound plausible.

In truth, Ellison did not give a such a speech at Yale, nor anywhere else.
The article was the fanciful creation of Andrew Marlatt, a writer for the
satire website, SatireWire. It was reprinted (with SatireWire's express
permission) on BBspot, another
satirical web site.

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