Agreed. The division of Oracle I worked at had revenue that was close to impossible to predict and they ended up making huge cuts to revenue just to convert it

Agreed. The division of Oracle I worked at had revenue that was close to impossible to predict and they ended up making huge cuts to revenue just to convert it from usage based to monthly recurring. At the time they also did not know if the division was profitable or not because it was so difficult to track usage based revenue. Spoiler alert, they were gushing losses and had lay offs/reorgs for a long time.