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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by user5994461 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:12AM (#13514419)
- Oracle was the only SQL DB able to shard. (might still be)

- Oracle was the only database able to take multi GB or TB of data in a single table/DB. (Old MySQL/Postgre had various limitations like X GB per table for a long time, they still do).

If you worked in the DB in the 200X years, Oracle was the standard and for good reasons. MySQL/Postgre were considered like toys, for good reasons.

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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by Dangeranger on Sunday January 29, 2017 @04:39PM (#13516864)
We are not making the comparison 10 years ago, we are making it now. What real features does Oracle have that MySQL/Maria/PostgreSQL do not have now.
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Re:Oracle’s Cloud Licensing Change by user5994461 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @05:20PM (#13517119)
Short version: Nothing changed in 10 years :D
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