It's no secret that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison greatly admired Steve Jobs, and
he spells out this esteem for the late Apple co-founder in an upcoming
interview with Charlie Rose on "CBS This Morning."
"He was brilliant," Ellison tells Rose in a preview of the interview
released Monday. "He was our Edison, he was our Picasso. He was an
incredible inventor."
Ellison was a close friend of Jobs and has frequently commended the Apple co
-founder's skill, insight, and attention to detail. As far back as 1998,
Ellison sang Jobs' praises, saying that he was Apple's best chief executive.
And, when Jobs passed away in 2011, Ellison said, "Steve would translate
good ideas into a finished product unlike anyone in the industry."
In the "CBS This Morning" interview, Rose asks Ellison what direction Apple
will take with Jobs no longer at the helm. Ellison says that we only need to
look at history to see that the company's future doesn't look too bright.
"Well, we already know," Ellison told Rose. "We saw, we conducted the
experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw
Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see
Apple without Steve Jobs."