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Let's not poo poo actual competition. If Oracle _wants_ to compete with AWS that's a pretty good thing for everyone.
by eatonphil 5y ago
Let's not poo poo actual competition. If Oracle _wants_ to compete with AWS that's a pretty good thing for everyone.
- kbenson 5y agoYes, it's definitely good if it causes AWS, GCE, Azure, etc to increase allowances to compete, even if you (like me) plan to never touch that Oracle service with a ten foot pole attached to someone else's computer.
- t0mas88 5y agoYou're not the only one. Almost everyone that did significant deals with Oracle at some point has this opinion.
- Xelbair 5y agoYet signing any contract with Oracle is risky, and i would rather pay more than risk dealing with Oracle itself. but yeah, more competition is always good.
- deegles 5y agoI want to compete in the Olympics, but whether that actually happens is a different question.
- butMyside 5y agoNo let’s poo poo Oracle. I worked there. Engineering is vastly different than anywhere else; it’s about Oracle; not open source, not simplifying software and technology… it truly is about daddy Larry being rich enough to afford a fighter jet so he has enough to trickle down on the plebs. Their traditional business side hates the cloud side because it’s taking over priority; legacy process is foisted on greenfield effort. It’s a shit show culture by MBAs for MBAs. There is no technical competition or innovation coming out of there, just bean counters looking to collect beans.
- swiftcoder 5y agoPlus they hired away a ton of AWS engineers to build their competitor right down the street from AWS headquarters. I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoPeople aren't dismissing the product, they're dismissing doing business with Oracle regardless of the product.