Filed under: International Business Machines (IBM), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Entrepreneurs, salesforce.com inc (CRM), Small business

It was a tough time in 1977. There was inflation, unemployment and political turmoil because of Watergate.

But such things didn’t mean much for a group of programmers — Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and Larry Ellison. They started a database software company called Structured Development Laboratories. Of course, the company would eventually be renamed Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) and grow into a multi-billion dollar powerhouse.

Well, this week at the popular Oracle OpenWorld conference, Larry devoted his keynote to the early days of the company (the picture on the upper right is the original 900-square foot office location).

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