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[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 6 hours ago

This video might help:

What does Oracle actually do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW80Yjib7RA

TBH I still don't get it, no one I know would ever use their shitty overpriced garbage database but somehow apparently it's so entrenched in several megacorps that they pay megabucks to Oracle instead of simply moving away to a cheaper alternative

Confuses the hell out of me

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 4 hours ago

The problem is probably hidden in the "simply" part. A huge IT infrastructure built on one tech stack isn't easy to migrate to another one, it'd cost a lot and all those things that currently "just work" might stop working. And then you're on a new tech stack and who knows whether it'll work as well as Oracle has been so far? As long as Oracle keeps the lights on their existing customers will likely stick with them out of inertia.

That won't necessarily get them new customers, though, and if those new customers instead pick some other tech stack they now face the same challenge trying to get them to come to Oracle. So we'll see how things work out for them in the long run.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 5 hours ago

So same business model as Microsoft. Same self-inflicting injury strategy too,

[-] hneerqe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

govs use them hardcore

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2026
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