Sun makes (made) awesome technology. They built things no one else could build. They also built things no one wanted. In fact, they had a really hard time figuring out what people wanted, this was their weakness.
Oracle, on the other hand, is extremely good and marketing. They are especially good at marketing to business. They are also good at knowing what businesses want (or alternately, making business people want what they have). I don't like Oracle, but I have to say this may be the best thing th
Don't ask me, ask Oracle. They're the ones who blogged this anecdote. But I suspect it's entirely possible for Oracle to survive on past successes for quite a while.
I guess I mis-stated my question. What I was wondering is why do you think people are moving away from Oracle en mass to mysql? Because that's the first I've heard of it. I'm wondering if you have information I am unaware of.
Not sure. Probably just because MySQL is "good enough" (albeit, far from perfect, and I personally prefer PostgreSQL regardless), and perhaps just because it's free, or because the nature of database-backed applications is gradually changing from a huge, complex, expensive setup on reliable hardware to a redundant, flexible, simple, cheap setup on commodity hardware.
I think Oracle themselves will probably provide more insight into the issue, when we see what way they proceed with MySQL and Oracle RDBMS.
Stop being a lazy prick and go read their blog if you're so damn interested. I'm not doing to hold your hand like you're a two year-old when it was only posted recently. And watch the attitude.
It may be true, personally I prefer postgres as well. Oracle has a lot of other products other than a database, I don't completely understand them all because I am not the target market, but they are obviously doing very well. They seem to know what they are doing, so while I don't like them as a company at all, I would not bet against them making a profit in some way.
To be awake is to be alive. -- Henry David Thoreau, in "Walden"
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Oracle, on the other hand, is extremely good and marketing. They are especially good at marketing to business. They are also good at knowing what businesses want (or alternately, making business people want what they have). I don't like Oracle, but I have to say this may be the best thing th
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That must be why they kept going into companies to sell Oracle RDBMS, only to find the companies preferred MySQL.
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I very much doubt that any shop that chose MySQL over Oracle did so for any reason but price.
In other words, such a shop was never really a potential customer.
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Don't ask me, ask Oracle. They're the ones who blogged this anecdote. But I suspect it's entirely possible for Oracle to survive on past successes for quite a while.
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Not sure. Probably just because MySQL is "good enough" (albeit, far from perfect, and I personally prefer PostgreSQL regardless), and perhaps just because it's free, or because the nature of database-backed applications is gradually changing from a huge, complex, expensive setup on reliable hardware to a redundant, flexible, simple, cheap setup on commodity hardware.
I think Oracle themselves will probably provide more insight into the issue, when we see what way they proceed with MySQL and Oracle RDBMS.
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Stop being a lazy prick and go read their blog if you're so damn interested. I'm not doing to hold your hand like you're a two year-old when it was only posted recently. And watch the attitude.
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