Oracle's True Core is Infra and not Data - Think twice before you plan for long stay

Was chatting with some guys from another company, and this is the deal: Oracle is data-starved. It doesn't hoard any data. They're just a database/infra, not a data goldmine like Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple or LinkedIn.

Our engineering needs are simple: basic text analysis for infra. We aren't running anything complex. The algorithms are straightforward, and any future coding is so basic, it's easily handled by LLMs and junior employees.

You can get by with Oracle for now, but long-term? You've already lost the race.
Oracle doesn't need you anymore. And you shouldn't rely on Oracle anymore.

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@3a5 Being that Systems and HW don't fit into the long term plans I think that selling it off and using the proceeds to build more datacenters would be way to go. Of course that implies that someone would buy it.

So, are they gonna bring Systems and HW teams to forefront again?

@cj Absolutely! I learned this the hard way after the fact. Now I know how steam train
engineers felt when diesel locomotives came.

@c6, You're living life in a time capsule while you're working for EBS. Once you're out on the outside, you'll realize you're completely out of the loop, and everyone else has been running the clock without you.

RE: patching EBS
Besides, one underpaid support-slave will be kept on staff in case of emergency.

Sure. Let me know when AI is patching EBS

Larry said it was "self-healing" ages ago, remember? Maybe you weren't paying attention.

Sure. Let me know when AI is patching EBS

That is 100 percent correct!! You will be foolish to think otherwise.

it's foolish to plan for a long stay in Oracle. no department or position is ever safe long-term. even mid-term.

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