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Can someone please ELI5 what is Oracle software? I thought it's a Java, but this thread mentions data bases. Is it something like MySQL? Do customers pay a lot
by novaRom 8y ago
Can someone please ELI5 what is Oracle software? I thought it's a Java, but this thread mentions data bases. Is it something like MySQL? Do customers pay a lot for this database software or for the hosting/cloud?
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y agoIt’s a public company that primarily makes database systems, but also other software systems with a focus on large enterprise clients. It’s all very expensive. Some of it is now cloud-based. And yes, Oracle does own Java, too.
- slim 8y agoalso Oracle owns MySQL
- vbezhenar 8y agoToday there are two major proprietary databases: Oracle and MS SQL. There was DB2, but I'm not sure if it's still relevant. And database market is huge, basically any serious enterprise software uses Oracle.
- majewsky 8y agoThere is also SAP HANA, so make that three. Disclosure: I work at SAP (in internal infrastructure though, so I'm not working with HANA).
- hermitdev 8y agoI bet DB2/UDB is still around and kicking, if nothing more for legacy support. Theres also Sybase, but they've fairly much stagnated and jacked up their pricing, so the companies I've worked with that used Sybase either have or are working to migrate to MS SQL. There are other esoteric DBMS's, such as IMS which is still supported by IBM to the best of my knowledge (because that 40 year COBOL app still has to run).
- int_19h 8y agoIt's awesome news that in a story on Oracle, this is a question that someone had to ask. That is, awesome for the industry. Not so much for Oracle.