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> But PayPal was running Oracle on IBM bigiron machines even after Musk left them. Oracle on IBM big iron is a pragmatic (but expensive) way to achieve a highl
by beachy 4y ago
> But PayPal was running Oracle on IBM bigiron machines even after Musk left them.
Oracle on IBM big iron is a pragmatic (but expensive) way to achieve a highly vertically scalable database platform. Not trendy at all but also not a bad technology position to be in, even now.