5 ms·

It's interesting to read the comments on anything related to Oracle, the general sentiment is people hate it ... a lot! I wonder how long it will stay in busine

by gdsdfe 7y ago

It's interesting to read the comments on anything related to Oracle, the general sentiment is people hate it ... a lot! I wonder how long it will stay in business?

snarfy 7y ago
The US government is their largest customer. Considering the glacial pace of the government, I suspect it will be a really long time.
- curiousgal 7y ago
  3rd world governments as well because they don't know any better.
  - GhostVII 7y ago
    Just because a government is in charge of a poor country, doesn't mean the people in that government are unable to make informed decisions.
    - viraptor 7y ago
      No, but it does mean that the marketing budget of Oracle is insane relative to how much influence it can buy in a poor country.
hotsauceror 7y ago
Oracle DB is deeply embedded in some mission critical "octopus" systems that touch large swaths of an enterprise (PeopleSoft, SAP, TIBCO ESB). It's disruptive, expensive, and time consuming to rip out the guts of your enterprise, particularly if you're not an IT business. Inertia is a hell of a drug.