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There are good OSS databases like Postres and MariaDB, and there's also crap like Mongo. Even though there are OSS databases better than Oracle, it could be tr

There are good OSS databases like Postres and MariaDB, and there's also crap like Mongo. Even though there are OSS databases better than Oracle, it could be true that data on OSS databases might be safer on Oracle on average. Also, even though Oracle engages in horrible unethical business practices, I hear that their database product isn't bad.

liability 7y ago
How many more businesses, if financially strained by Oracle licensing fees, would be tempted to sell data about their users to make up the difference?
- pm90 7y ago
  I have to sell user data because my dB licensing fees are too high.... is one hell of a take. Has that happened like ever?
  - liability 7y ago
    It's a big world. A lot of businesses are only marginally viable already, and a lot of business owners are only marginally ethical. Many already sell user data. I think it likely that squeezing such businesses even harder from the top might have negative consequences for the people at the bottom.
ta999999171 7y ago
I laughed when I saw MongoDB on the stock ticker the other day - "They're publicly traded?", I said, "that explains everything!".
to11mtm 7y ago
> Also, even though Oracle engages in horrible unethical business practices, I hear that their database product isn't bad. It's not a terrible DB to work with. I'd go with something like Postgres > Oracle > MSSQL > MYSQL. And, mind you, if you care about ease of use/maintenance rather than performance, I'd swap Oracle and MSSQL on that list in a heartbeat. But also need to say... Every year when the Oracle folks came by, all of the managers would get super antsy/nervous. They would always find 'something' that we had done wrong to warrant an additional payment on our contract. Their shenanigans were so bad that we weren't allowed to install ANYTHING downloaded from Oracle without checking with someone first.

liability 7y ago

How many more businesses, if financially strained by Oracle licensing fees, would be tempted to sell data about their users to make up the difference?

pm90 7y ago
I have to sell user data because my dB licensing fees are too high.... is one hell of a take. Has that happened like ever?
- liability 7y ago
  It's a big world. A lot of businesses are only marginally viable already, and a lot of business owners are only marginally ethical. Many already sell user data. I think it likely that squeezing such businesses even harder from the top might have negative consequences for the people at the bottom.

ta999999171 7y ago

I laughed when I saw MongoDB on the stock ticker the other day - "They're publicly traded?", I said, "that explains everything!".

to11mtm 7y ago

> Also, even though Oracle engages in horrible unethical business practices, I hear that their database product isn't bad. It's not a terrible DB to work with. I'd go with something like Postgres > Oracle > MSSQL > MYSQL. And, mind you, if you care about ease of use/maintenance rather than performance, I'd swap Oracle and MSSQL on that list in a heartbeat. But also need to say... Every year when the Oracle folks came by, all of the managers would get super antsy/nervous. They would always find 'something' that we had done wrong to warrant an additional payment on our contract. Their shenanigans were so bad that we weren't allowed to install ANYTHING downloaded from Oracle without checking with someone first.