[pjdesno]

Bryan Cantrill, "Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728

The specific lines about Ellison and a lawnmower start at 38:28 in the linked video; the entire Oracle rant starts at about 34:00.

[belter]

Every time I see this video, I feel a strange tenderness for the new generations watching it.

They do not really understand how bad Oracle used to be. This is us, old combat veterans, sitting by the fire, describing unspeakable battles to the youth...knowing full well that they think we are exaggerating. :-)

And the most disturbing part is the realization that the Frankenstein monster itself, Larry Ellison, is still out there. Still roaming free. Still very much alive... An eternal, terrifying, lawnmower wielding zombie of enterprise software and government corrupting rent extraction.

[nielsbot]

We shouldn’t anthropomorphize any billionaires. They’re not even people at that point, just destructive aliens who undemocratically ruin everyone’s good time.

We need confiscatory taxation for a better future.

[jama211]

Whilst true, it’s important to focus on the worst ones first, as with everything there is a scale.

[smashah]

The Ellison Cabal represent the primary enemies of freedom all over this earth. It's imperative to defeat them.

[paulvnickerson]

Don't tell that to Paul Graham.