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>> Oracle is still the world's third-largest tech company. That means what it does, even today, is extremely valuable. Not going to refute that, but what is th
by phkahler 3y ago
>> Oracle is still the world's third-largest tech company. That means what it does, even today, is extremely valuable.
Not going to refute that, but what is that value really? Database software is readily available for free, so there's actually very little value in just the software right? Is it the stability of the product? Support? Just the big name behind it? Those are probably part of it.
- robertlagrant 3y agoIf you're creating a bank in 2024 from scratch, maybe you could now rely on OSS. But you'd probably rather still have a big name that has great expertise in what you want to do across all types of hardware who can come in and make sure things work. And that's from the perspective of not having the cost of changing. If you have to move off Oracle, which provides all these things, you'd have to spend a fortune and still be taking a higher risk.