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Database Business Problems at Oracle?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-but-not-good-enough dept.

abb_road writes "Wall Street responded to yesterday's report of a 42% rise in profits by pushing Oracle's stock down. Despite a 77% increase in applications business, investors are worried that Oracle's core database business remains comparatively stagnant. Though Ellison claims that the DB business will grow in double digits over the next few years, it seems that more companies are switching to open source rather than paying Oracle $40,000 a processor."

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  1. fdbp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first db post

  2. Larry Elliot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That dude has like the longest Yacht on this planet and is in battle with officials about his behaviour on starting and landing his plane when _he_ sees that it is necessary...

    No time for caring about his business...

    On the other side:

    For me, Oracle is the pseudonym for buzz-and-powerword-addicts-buy-all-overpriced-shit -because-they-dont-know-how-they-should-burn-their -money-without-those-precious-buzz-and-powerword-s pewing-suits...