Oracle database has been, for a long time, one of the most difficult to change elements in any IT architecture. A big part of the Consulting and ACS revenue has been related to upgrade, patch and maintain databases. A sizeable customer has to typically allow 12-18 months for any large scale patch/upgrade exercise.
And, all of a sudden, we have a database that is "autonomous". And autonomous is a pillar for our new cloud business.
Working for Oracle close to the matter, I know how many hands are around that "autonomy".
Is the rest of the world dumb?. Disoriented?. Do they believe in fairies?.