http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1/2017/12/12/oracles-larry-ellison-challenges-amazon-salesforce-and-workday-on-the-future-of-the-cloud/
Oracle's Ellison Challenges Amazon, Salesforce And Workday On The Future Of The Cloud
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Oracle's got the database and not much else. As long as the db is there and producing big revenue, Oracle will limp along. Everything else just seems like add-on products that Oracle can sell to unsuspecting customers who have the db. They don't put any effort into those things and it's difficult to keep good people when the people know they are working on crap.
The cloud is crap, too. You can't take the management that has been working on other crap products and re-purpose them for the cloud, cause they are corrupt and clueless. There will be no working Oracle cloud.
Larry has always talked a good game about how awesome Oracle is. This article is no different and Larry focuses on Oracle's strengths -- database and business applications. What he didn't mention was...
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There aren't a lot of choices for databases that are certified under large apps and only one choice for Oracle apps. Is it any wonder that Amazon is using Oracle to "run" its business? Microsoft is doing the same thing. Lots of large companies are. And they will continue to because it is too cost prohibitive to yank it out. Oracle's applications business (along with the Oracle technology underneath it) will continue to collect support revenue for quite some time.
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Where there are choices, Oracle is losing. Workday and Salesforce have significant market because they offer a better product and because they aren't Oracle.
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Oracle is difficult to work with and has the same narcissistic tendencies that its founder does. Customers have learned that Oracle screws its customers. Just look at Larry's own quote -- Amazon is paying $60M a year just for Oracle support.
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Larry never really mentioned Oracle's Cloud. That's because, given its current state, it is really only a hosting solution. It is WAY behind want competitors offer. As much as Larry talks about Oracle's ability to avoid downtime, anyone with an Oracle Cloud account will know that there is planned downtime every month.
While Oracle may be the overall largest business apps/SaaS player in the future, it is a far cry to say that they are dominating the competition and the Cloud.
Lame, very, very lame. Oracle is so dead
When you can’t get any publicity SLAM your competitors and get some news media attn/coverage. It’s a way to keep yourself seeming relevant.
Reading that and thinking : Shouldn’t oracle be growing ? What’s really going on here??