"We are in the process of putting a proposal together and analyzing what it would take to get to get something running in a matter of a small number of months, like three months, 90 days. We think we could put up this technology very, very quickly."
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and John Ashcroft have been meeting recently about a "voluntary" national ID card. Everything's about to get real nice for us motherfuckers.
"I made this offer not because the government can't afford to pay for the software, but [to] shut up the critics who were saying, `Gee, Larry Ellison wants to build a national database because he wants to sell more databases,' which is pretty cynical and bizarre."
Ellison said that if he does donate the software, maintenance and upgrades won't be free.
