You are very right on this. You have to think much larger than a website for this question. When you set up a truly enterprise scaled project using Oracle, there is not much room for the word unproven. And even if Mysql could manage databases which are several Terrabytes in size, what about the interfaces and development solutions? I am thinking Java for Oracle, Oracle Applications, etc. Most people who don't work with large scale servers or mainframes seem to think in what I call "The PC line of thought".
They imagine large amounts of transactions (for them) to be something that Oracle DBA's would laugh at.
It always occurs to me when predicting the future that the predictions never, ever, in its original form, come true. If you look at history in a bit broader perspective, you will probably remember what the director of IBM said back in 1957; "In the year 2000, there will probably be demand for about three or four big computers worldwide". Those predictions failed dramatically, as the technology always finds different paths, and every once in a while someone comes up with a star idea, and manages to build his or hers vision in much shorter time predicted by the person who came up with the idea, if he or she is given the neccessary resources.
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You are very right on this. You have to think much larger than a website for this question. When you set up a truly enterprise scaled project using Oracle, there is not much room for the word unproven. And even if Mysql could manage databases which are several Terrabytes in size, what about the interfaces and development solutions? I am thinking Java for Oracle, Oracle Applications, etc. Most people who don't work with large scale servers or mainframes seem to think in what I call "The PC line of thought".
They imagine large amounts of transactions (for them) to be something that Oracle DBA's would laugh at.
It always occurs to me when predicting the future that the predictions never, ever, in its original form, come true. If you look at history in a bit broader perspective, you will probably remember what the director of IBM said back in 1957; "In the year 2000, there will probably be demand for about three or four big computers worldwide". Those predictions failed dramatically, as the technology always finds different paths, and every once in a while someone comes up with a star idea, and manages to build his or hers vision in much shorter time predicted by the person who came up with the idea, if he or she is given the neccessary resources.
Technology always finds a way.
It scares the hell out of me sometimes.