I actually can't tell who's being sarcastic here. I think that in general, if an executive has an afair with a model, that speaks to their personality or character, as choosing to date another engineer speaks to mine. If it appears mercenary, well, that seems like an expected quality in the CEO of Oracle.

I aspire to conduct myself so that whenever I die I will be remembered as something more altruistic, or at least ethical than a corporate raider, or a politician who tried to sleep with his interns, etc.

> > Cause it's easy to get the estimate of a man by the woman they date/marry.

> Cause it's easy to get the estimate of a person by the people they date/marry.

I think the second one is true. Not as true as some things. But if it is true then the first is true, since the second is more universal.

> Many people believe they can estimate a person by the people the person dates/marries.

It's possible Hurd believed this. Whether he thought he was moving the needle in his favor by any of his actions is probably unknowable.

I see why you read the comment the way you did, and I suggest there is a different reading.

Are you sure? I read that as being incredibly demeaning to men.