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IIRC, Oracle managed to get a huge, well paying customer (DoD) behind their "we build a better database" pitch. That provided enough funding, users and support
by ptero 6y ago
IIRC, Oracle managed to get a huge, well paying customer (DoD) behind their "we build a better database" pitch.
That provided enough funding, users and support to move into applications. In fact even if they didn't expand into other areas, that support could have kept them as a profitable DB company for decades.
- 83457 6y agoWas this in their earliest days? Reminds me of what I read recently about IBM getting a significant contract from government, but even more importantly benefits of research, in early days of computing when they were actually behind. After that they got so far ahead they stayed the leader until the industry changed.
- jmchuster 6y agoTen years ago, when I still worked in consulting, all my clients (large institutional companies) used Oracle and they'd say they were willing to pay the premium because Oracle was 20% faster than everyone else.