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I feel like this is a bit too generous to Oracle. The DRM-free thing is indeed a feature, but they know full well that it will encourage more and more unlicense

by dtech 4y ago

I feel like this is a bit too generous to Oracle. The DRM-free thing is indeed a feature, but they know full well that it will encourage more and more unlicensed usage which they can then "extort" additional fees out of a company once it's in place and critical, which they would probably never have gotten if beforehand a trade-off check would've been done for operational expenses or the right gates would've been needed to have gotten over.

mike_hearn 4y ago
My point is this: what alternative would you prefer? Oracle can't implement trade-off checks or process gates inside other companies.
- bionsystem 4y ago
  Alternative : open source it and charge for support.
  - mike_hearn 4y ago
    Red Hat is the poster child for that approach and they charge for support based on per-core usage with audits / legal teams to back it up, no different to Oracle.
GoOnThenDoTell 4y ago
Who is downloading oracle and using it on a whim? Surely postgres or mysql would be the path
- mike_hearn 4y ago
  It's more like your company already uses it, so people just copy the binaries from one server to another and start it up. Oracle DB has massively more features than postgres or mysql so there are good reasons to use it.