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On the other hand, Oracle is mentioned twice, in case we didn't spot it the first time.
by gostsamo 6y ago
On the other hand, Oracle is mentioned twice, in case we didn't spot it the first time.
- yobert 6y agoThe Oracle plugs are hilarious. "Enabled by Oracle high-performance cloud computing, a 3-D structure of SARS CoV-2 Spike protein was generated allowing the researchers to peer deep inside the Spike identifying its molecular composition." As if the cloud provider had anything to do with anything there.
- function_seven 6y agoI only trust IBM® Watson™️ Brand clinical research.
- craftinator 6y agoI heard Watson cured all of cancer!
- goldcd 6y agoNow it's quite clearly a plug - but serious amounts of compute power are required for protein analysis, and chucking cloud at it is a pretty good way of doing that. Look at Folding@Home
- HappySweeney 6y agoSure, but they intimate that only Oracle could get the job done.
- Quarrelsome 6y agoOracle cloud must be absolute garbage given how hard its being marketed. Didn't part of the US deal with Tiktok _force_ the application into using Oracle cloud as part of the deal? I have a lot of sympathies for the TikTok devs if its not very good as its now mandatory. Its like instead of building something good or getting techie buy in they've instead tried to lobby governments to make it mandatory for some enslaved customers.
- mdifrgechd 6y ago> Its like instead of building something good or getting techie buy in they've instead tried to lobby governments to make it mandatory for some enslaved customers Haha, yes, you are literally describing the business model of SAP, Oracle, IBM, and most sales-led enterprise software or services companies. You can replace "lobby governments" with "lobby c-level of large corporations" as well
- rossdavidh 6y agoI do recall Microsoft using a similar tactic to try to get Windows Mobile more widely used.