century samurai armor-- fitting for a businessman whose favorite saying comes from the warrior genghis khand... >> he said, "it's not sufficient i succeed; everyone else must fail." that quote i actually got from--i was working in japan, and a japanese executive was describing competition in japan and how they take competition in japan and the pursuit of market share. and this guy said, "anything less than 100% market share was not enough. every time we lose a deal, we feel that rice is-- you know, rice is being taken out of the mouths of our children." >> that killer philosophy can make him a tough man to work for. ray lane was second in command at oracle for eight years, and was pushed out by ellison when they clashed over the direction of the company. >> i knew i couldn't change the culture of oracle as long as the inventor was still there. >> but what's the culture? >> culture is, win at any cost. so it wasn't good enough for a salesman to make their quota. they had to make 200% of their quota. it was, you know, the top 10% get rewarded millions, and everybody else, you know, falls by t

. -- everybody in asia is related to genghis khan. >> what are you reading out? >> i'm reading a new book by this guy stephen johnson on the history of innovation and what really makes it work. getting,ing forward to you know, through that. i am reading nate silver's wonderful book -- he is the guy who did all the political predictions, but he started out trying to predict which college and minor league baseball players could make it in the big leagues. it is fascinating about the challenges of prediction and how much is statistics and how much is instinct and what do you look for? those are the two things i'm reading now. >> do you read more than one book at a time? >> sometimes. i started at the year -- when hillary was convalescing, i read nothing but cheap thrills mysteries. newad janet evanovich's book, which is just hilarious. i read one funny book that came out several years ago -- 2005 or 2006 -- by jonas johnson, a swedish writer, called "the hundred year old man who jumped out of a widow and disappeared." it is one of the most interesting books i have e