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I'm sure Oracle will find ways to somehow screw their new cloud customers given enough time.

• kbenson 7y ago
  At first this sounds like a flippant bash against Oracle, but it may very well be worth considering carefully. Everything I've ever heard about Oracle makes me think the culture is about making the customer think they got a good deal and completely screwing them when the actual details come out, but by then there's the sunk-cost fallacy and the actual cost of migrating to a different solution working for them. So, if that reputation is well earned, it's important to consider whether you'll actually come out ahead in the negotiations. One thing that's almost certain is that Oracle has a lot more experience in negotiating this particular form of contract (where one side tries to screw the other while still somehow retaining their business) than you or your company does.