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@garius @Cdespinosa Oracle have the unique ability to make their enemies seem honorable, and we've developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Oracle all their lives. My mother hates Oracle, my son hates Oracle, I hate Oracle, and this hatred has brought us together.
— With apologies to Hunter S. Thompson

@garius As no DBA (and maybe to young?) I always asked myself if there was ever a usecase for prperitary DBMS products? I saw it AS strict requirement for 3rd party Software, but for what? Thinking of PostgreSQL (and other free DBs) it offers clustering, scripting, extensions like GIS, ...
So what was the point?

@garius well… at least they are doing kinda great job as a #Java steward :)

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I miss Sun Microsystems...

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I wonder when they will figure out that Bill Gates is horrible, not because he met Epstein, but because he built Microsoft on his theft of other people's intellectual property.

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Aside from the solarcide, I didn’t really have much ire towards Oracle. They were awful towards their customers but their products were so expensive that anyone who was an Oracle customer could have easily afforded to not be an Oracle customer. In contrast, a load of other big tech companies were abusive to people who weren’t their customers, or to people who were their customers only because they had no other choice.

@garius 35 years here. The reasons have varied over the years but it’s been well over half my life of fuck those guys

@garius This.

@garius I had my fair share of rants in my youth that I am a tad embarrassed about, but I will never be embarrassed for any poorly articulated rants I have ever had about Oracle.

@garius wait, what happened

@garius oracle is the primary reason I'm on Solaris 10 1/13 with the 2021-10 p[atch, not the 2026-01 patchset. bastards

@garius 💯

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Lawsuite Larry has many enemies.

@garius See? Once in a loooong while, the laws of Kamma actually work in some discernible way.