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Wow, don't hold back on your thoughts. :-) I've long suspected that Oracle made and sold solutions that fit this description.

• tootie 12y ago
  Not made, acquired. WebCenter was acquired. Siebel was acquired. WebLogic was acquired. Java was acquired. The only product they've ever built was their flagship RDBMS which was unbeatable for so long and still fills a niche no one else can really compete with.
  • ams6110 12y ago
    Yes, their RDMBS is expensive, but at least it's good.
    • mdellabitta 12y ago
      Even still, it still has some stupid things going on, like what's a VARCHAR2? And having to use an outer query to get ROWNUM to work when there's an ORDER BY clause.
      • tootie 12y ago
        VARCHAR was so great it needed a sequel. I can't wait for VARCHAR3.
  • rodgerd 12y ago
    > The only product they've ever built was their flagship RDBMS Which relied on cloning IBM's SQL implementation back in the day. Odd to see them now arguing APIs should be proprietary... > still fills a niche no one else can really compete with. Not really true. DB2 will do everything Oracle DB does, and more (12c is only now adding the multitenant capabilities that DB2 has had for a long time). IBM don't do as good a job of marketing it, though.
• 616c 12y ago
  To not pass judgement is to be unfamiliar with Fatwire. I assure you, his assessment is very fitting.