When I speculated earlier this week that the Larry Ellison would never be so generous as Gates and Buffett, I had no idea that he would provide proof of that so soon:

Larry Ellison Renegs on Pledge of $100 Million to Harvard

The funny thing is, he pledged the money about a year ago. And last week Harvard was complaining that they still haven't seen the money, and that Ellison stopped returning their calls.

So now Oracle officially confirms that Ellison is renegging. What a snake. Has there ever been anyone LESS deserving that has been so wealthy? (Some of the sleezy-industrialists of the 19th century come to mind, but that was a long ago era.)

People have been saying for years that Ellison has been jealous of Gates. But now that Ellison is falling on the Forbes richest list year after year (at one point, he was #2 I think, now down to at least #9), perhaps Ellison has given up trying to catch him.