Chris Saul's Blog

Monday August 31, 2009

Come and visit Ras Al Khaimah, Larry Ellison!

Here's an interesting article in the New York Times about the America's Cup being run out of Ras Al Khaimah.

My soon-to-be new boss, yacht owner Larry Ellison, is worried about the security aspects, what with Iran being rather near and RAK's general location in the Middle East.

I would say that Mr Ellison's fears are unfounded. He and his crew will be perfectly safe, if not safer than they might be in Europe, the US or elsewhere - after all, few of his current Sun and Oracle employees located here would live in this part of the world if it was truly dangerous. RAK, in particular, is a calm place, with a rather less hectic approach to life than some of its neighbouring emirates.

Mr Ellison has a standing invitation to pop up the road to Dubai to visit me and Mrs Saul, where I will do my best to suck up shamelessly to my new boss of bosses, flaunting my long involvement with the concept of the Network Computer, a subject that his been close to his heart for years. And to mine.

So, come on over Mr Larry (as you would be known). I guarantee you'll have a great time. After all, If Paris can make it over, anyone can.