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Oracle probably has the best sales team in the industry. No developer ever suggests an oracle product as the tool of choice, yet here they are. We learned when

Oracle probably has the best sales team in the industry. No developer ever suggests an oracle product as the tool of choice, yet here they are. We learned when we switched away from Oracle DB due to performance issues. We were told that we needed to get back on it immediately. Our contract required all tools to use Oracle DB and we had to consult with their rep when making upgrades. So yeah, it's entirely your fault. You didn't read the contract! /s

ErikUden 2y ago
Haha, funnily enough this is my fault. Before I began using oracle many years ago, someone had this happen to them. I thought “This will never happen to me. They must've done something wrong and aren't willing to admit it.” Well, here we are.
jeroenhd 2y ago
I think there are maybe two exceptions to the "no dev will suggest Oracle": Java (but you use a JVM maintained by someone else) and MySQL (unfortunately a requirement for certain combinations of languages and frameworks). I also remember reading about Oracle's RHEL clone (Oracle Linux) supposedly bring quite good for running on MacBooks in a VM because it comes with all the emulation libraries and stuff preconfigured? Nothing you can't do on Alma or Rocky but you'd need to configure it yourself. No business should ever make the mistake of signing a contract with Oracle, though. Their sales team is just a customer facing extension of their main business: their legal team.
jimmydoe 2y ago
I got cold email titled "Michelin-Star Dinner Experience", I thought that's spam but turned out to be Oracle Cloud. I don't know about others, this certainly made me dislike them...