Larry Ellison wins Americas Cup sailing trophy

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by dreemteem • 16 years ago

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jrockway• 16 years ago

Now I know what you're paying for when you buy Oracle's database products.

adamc• 16 years ago

Ego.

ledger123• 16 years ago

I had a lot of investment of time in learning Oracle database and tools. I made an XL freeware addon which accessed Oracle database using OO4O, built an application using Oracle designer CASE tool, learned PLSQL in detail (and built SQL Plus Plus).

But the feeling of being controlled by a big corp was so strong that finally I left Oracle world and embraced open source; Perl, PostgreSQL.

I can now build better solutions in less time and still find time to browse HN many times a day.

My customers were few small to medium sized businesses so I could dictate technology.

RiderOfGiraffes• 16 years ago

This item is much better. Photos, more descriptions, more text, just, generally better.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1125346

va_coder• 16 years ago

I hope the Basho, 10Gen and other alternative database companies make a dent into Oracle's marketshare.

They'll need seamless integration with other technologies that provide complete solutions, because that's what Oracle now sells, and that sales strategy is working.

BearOfNH• 16 years ago

Whatever you think of Oracle the company or Oracle the product, you have to admire what Larry has accomplished. Especially considering his humble origins, if Wikipedia is to be believed.

Larry Ellison wins Americas Cup sailing trophy

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