It's right there, up front, so in your face that you can't help but wonder about it. All his money must be a barrier. It keeps people away. I want to know what kind of mother Mrs. Ellison was. People who think that financial wealth is a panacea should look again.
Money builds walls that separate people from each other.
Inside the walls is not a happy place as many people imagine. Once people attain wealth, they still must struggle with their issues, and since we look more closely at wealthy people, the struggle attains a twist, it's important to hide yourself. Ellison breaks the pattern, he's an open man, he tells you, clearly, what's really going on with him. I look at the pictures, read the interview, and think how much it must hurt to be Ellison. Against this backdrop, the issues of the Network Computer and Bill Gates and Ellison's potence as a software industry leader seem to be secondary.