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I've been at 3 separate companies where each respective CIO had "get rid of Oracle" as a strategic initiative.

• davidgerard 6y ago
  Absolutely the best part of moving from Oracle to PG is never worrying about licensing ever again. PG does 99% of what Oracle does. If you have one of the 1% cases, that will be a remarkable circumstance. Always test a move from Oracle to PG, see how it performs.
• tandr 6y ago
  It mirrors my (anecdotal) experience in the last 2 companies that were dependent on it too. With that said... Makes me wonder how many (if any) companies are moving opposite direction that Oracle survives and doing so nicely.
• ibejoeb 6y ago
  If you're really only using it as a dumb datastore, it is kinda silly to not switch to Postgres. The migration in these cases is, relatively, simple. If you're using any advanced features, migrating to anything else is going to be a risk-ridden project. Same goes for any other product, of course.
• aserafini 6y ago
  Amazon even made a promotional video when they shut down their last Oracle database https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBP5gnnZi4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBP5gnnZi4 Perhaps it was retaliation for Larry’s comments about Amazon in this interview https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzMYL901AQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzMYL901AQ
• takacsroland 6y ago
  Thanks for everyone's comment, it really looks like migrating will be one of the best decisions. :)