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> I actually think zombie corporations like Oracle, companies that haven’t innovated in decades and instead rely on an army of sales people to sell legacy softw
by ignoramous 6y ago
> I actually think zombie corporations like Oracle, companies that haven’t innovated in decades and instead rely on an army of sales people to sell legacy software.
Those army of sales people are probably now selling you the latest and greatest in vendor lock-in on behalf of AWS [0] and GCP [1]. There is no escaping the sales army :)
[0] https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-takes-aim-at-oracle-by-hiring-new-americas-sales-leader https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-takes-aim-at-oracle-by-hi...
[1] https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/04/09/google-cloud-hiring-sales-kurian-oracle-amzn-msft.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/04/09/google-c...
- verelo 6y agoAre you suggesting Oracle wasn't a vendor lock in ploy from the start? I feel like they've just gone from one vendor lock-in to another.
- ignoramous 6y agoI was suggesting that AWS is probably the new Oracle.