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Of course the issue for many companies is that they hit a size and usage of Oracle that moving off becomes a herculean effort. There's no direct replacement for

Of course the issue for many companies is that they hit a size and usage of Oracle that moving off becomes a herculean effort. There's no direct replacement for the way people use RAC for example, which means changing the way you approach certain HA requirements. Add to that Oracle PLSQL is not fully portable to Postgres PGSQL. They're close enough that you think it's a simple task, but it's still significant. Since many people have many things built on top of a single DB, it also generally means a single massive switch that will take a long time and is difficult to test piecemeal. I'm only saying this so that people go into a switch with their eyes wide open (though, I'm sure you would anyway).

irrational 7y ago
Oh, for sure. It took us 2 years to make the switch. But despite the time and effort it was totally worth it. I would hope that anyone starting a new project would not even consider choosing Oracle. In my opinion and experience there is no point anymore, especially considering the high cost of an Oracle license.
- bluejekyll 7y ago
  Actually, I am curious about that question, is Oracle being picked by any new businesses? My guess is that on HN we get a skewed view, but my guess is that even given that, Oracle is not being chosen for anything new at this point?