Larry Ellison at Steve Jobs' memorial

The New York Times reported on Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's remarks last Sunday night at Stanford University's invitation-only memorial in that campus' Memorial Church for the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

[The] longtime friend of Mr. Jobs, said their relationship consisted of walks in the foothills of Silicon Valley near their homes, the person at the service said. Mr. Ellison also offered a moment of levity when describing his Hawaiian vacations with Mr. Jobs. He said the trips always included four people: Mr. Jobs, his wife, Lauren Powell Jobs, Mr. Ellison and whichever woman Mr. Ellison — who has been married and divorced several times — was dating at the time.

In addition to Jobs' wife and children, Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior vice president for industrial design, attended, as well as former Apple executives Jonathan Rubinstein, Avie Tevanian, Tony Faddell and Andy Hertzfeld. Tim Cook, Scott Forstall and Bud Tribble were among the current Apple executives present. Venture capitalists John Doerr and Marc Andreessen, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Salesforce.com’s chief executive, Marc Benioff also were among the several hundred invited guests.

Also in attendance were Bill Clinton, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Michael Del, Bono, Joan Baez, Jobs' Pixar colleague John Lasseter and Stephen Fry, who said via twitter: "I don’t know that there was ever a more beautiful memorial service. Everyone who spoke did so with such passion and love and simplicity.”