Recently I found myself nodding to a Larry Ellison quote. Yes, that Larry Ellison. The Oracle CEO. The one in the Silicon Valley joke:

Q: What’s the difference between God and Larry Ellison?
A: God doesn’t think he’s Larry Ellison.

Here’s what he said:

I have to say that the only way I can understand the computer industry–the computer industry is the only industry that’s more fashion-driven than women’s fashion. I was reading W magazine and I found that orange is the new pink–and cloud is the new SaaS, or the new virtualization–I mean, it is the most nonsensical–I read these articles and I have NO idea what–and maybe I’m an idiot–but I have NO idea what anyone’s talking about! It’s really complete gibberish.