In short Oracle is an Enterprise sales agency focusing on Enterprise clients, not the average implementations for companies less than $1B in revenue (my best gu

In short Oracle is an Enterprise sales agency focusing on Enterprise clients, not the average implementations for companies less than $1B in revenue (my best guess). I know some companies smaller use it, but it isn't common to see it in smaller Enterprises. In general through the 90's and even up until the last 5 years or so, telling your Enterprise C suite that you were installing Oracle was the equivalent of selecting IBM back in the day. There was a saying that *"no one ever got fired for going with IBM", when it comes to Databases, ERP/Financial software etc Oracle was in a similar boat. Oracle is also a sales agency that happens to make software, and they are damn good at sales. They typically lock companies in for long periods of time and get paid handsomely for it. Oracle is also like an infestation, they get in and start spreading as much as possible. I honestly can't blame them, I'd do the same in their shoes trying to sell more product/services, but my issue with them is they have projects that drag on and on and so many fail to ever do 20% of what was promised. They aren't alone in that realm, and companies bare some of the blame too, but by far I see more Oracle solutions fail to get implemented than almost any other. As for if their products are worth it, I will say their Database is really a solid product and has some really nice capabilities. I personally would never choose it or any product they push, but that isn't a judgement on its capabilities. In fact, I admire that they created the RAC cluster and how it is architected etc. Not that they are perfect, but at the time RAC was introduced it was truly a unique way to package and solve some common problems for Enterprises. For my money though, I'll bet on PostgreSQL or other solutions before I ever use/recommend Oracle.