I bloody HATE the increasing use of "going forward". It's like the flu. Spreading virus-like into all the media and "work speak". Speak and write English FFS.

Would not:

Investors attending Oracle's annual general meeting in California Friday are being asked to support a "say-on-pay" plan that could see them approve the pay and stock allocations granted to Ellison and other senior Oracle executives "going forward".

Be better written:

Investors attending Oracle's annual general meeting in California Friday are being asked to support a "say-on-pay" plan that could see them approve future pay and stock allocations granted to Ellison and other senior Oracle executives.

To quote from Radio 4:

" When someone says 'going forward' it assaults the ears just as, when a colleague starts slurping French onion soup at a neighbouring desk, it assaults the nose."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!

STOP IT ! STOP IT ! STOP IT !

Come the revolution people who say "going forward" will be among the first up against the wall directly after footballers and anyone in the fashion industry.

But when I lost my job I needed a car ...

Let larry take the dough..how else is he going to pay for all his boats otherwise

Nice "head"line!!!

"OK, we think you've massively over-perfromed, but we want to cut your pay. And the we think you having 20+% of shares shows a short-term commitment to the company."

?????

I detect a hint of the old green-eyed monster at work, it's not like Larry hasn't made the shareholders enough money.

I agree. Please modify the article accordingly - this could be a quick win for you guys.

$83m compares on a profit compares very nicely to the wedge our banking CEOs have taken home yet left the economy and their companies in the tank. Would you prefer he was paid on a commission bassis based around company performance? Consider that all $83m is for returning $5.5bn in revenue and his "commission" is a very small percentage compared to what salesgrunts get on the average Oracle sale. And then compare Oracle to other IT companies such as Sun where the stock value is so unpredictable it's like Russian roulette at best, and TBH, if I was an Oracle shareholder I'd be beating Ms Westcott round the head and telling her to shut up!

FAIL.

Fail, fail, fail, fail. FAIL!

Idiot meddlers need to STFU.

He's bloody making you wankers rich.

Pay the man his due and (at the risk of repeating myself) STFU!

And, going forward, I think the fucking socialists who are trying to redistribute this man's just desserts are ripe for having a bus dropped on them, from atop a parking structure.

Not that I have any strong feelings in this matter.

Fuckheads.

Paris, 'cos she knows a great package when she sees it.

Love the 'Head'line. Got my vote for Head of the year :)

/PH cause well.....you know