Oracle has long looked like idiots to people with technical knowledge.
Their entire business has been selling software to C level executives who will never come into contact with the product, let alone use it.
This isn't about merit, or technology. This is about a company's legal team doing whatever they can to utilize acquired patents to create a revenue stream.
Companies the size of Oracle simply aren't structured for innovation, and have a culture which actively undermines it. They're getting their ass handed to them by Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud for this very reason. When a company starts making money off of professional services to help customers implement and utilize their software, they simply aren't going to be incentivized to make that software good. Shitty software and vendor lock-in combine to produce guaranteed revenue streams, which sustain the company just enough for them to be comfortable while they cruise towards irrelevance.
JPKab|9 years ago
Their entire business has been selling software to C level executives who will never come into contact with the product, let alone use it.
This isn't about merit, or technology. This is about a company's legal team doing whatever they can to utilize acquired patents to create a revenue stream.
Companies the size of Oracle simply aren't structured for innovation, and have a culture which actively undermines it. They're getting their ass handed to them by Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud for this very reason. When a company starts making money off of professional services to help customers implement and utilize their software, they simply aren't going to be incentivized to make that software good. Shitty software and vendor lock-in combine to produce guaranteed revenue streams, which sustain the company just enough for them to be comfortable while they cruise towards irrelevance.
ZenoArrow|9 years ago
I'd add PostgreSQL to that list, they're clearly concerned about the risk it poses to their core business:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CANNMO++6tPiwBv2OKcy-Hh...