Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change

Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by fauigerzigerk on Sunday January 29, 2017 @09:06AM (#13514160)

Being around isn't the same as growth though, and being around doesn't necessarily mean to run your own IT infrastructure either.

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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by syshum on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:29AM (#13514493)

I find this modern fixation on growth MBA's have forced upon the business world to be facinating

Use to Stability, and Profitability not growth was important.

Stability, and Profitability were the goal, growth followed but was not in itself a goal

Now even if you are profitable, if you are not seeing growth then you failed. It is ridiculous.

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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by fauigerzigerk on Sunday January 29, 2017 @12:40PM (#13515377)

I don't disagree in general, but Oracle is a tech company and technology has a particular function in our society that wasn't invented by MBAs.

The role of technology is to drive productivity growth, which is ultimately the only thing that improves living standards (or at least has the potential to do so).

A pizza sold in 1987 is just as useful as a pizza sold in 2017 measured by its nutritional value. But the same is not true of technologies from 1987.

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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by Spooky23 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @01:38PM (#13515775)

I'd argue for the Oracle growth drivers, things are much better than 1987, but only marginally better than 1999.

These mega vendors drive co-dependency, not innovation.

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