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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by bogomipz on Saturday February 11, 2017 @09:19PM (#13626262)
>"The figures come even though--as mentioned in the earnings report headline--Oracle's SaaS/PaaS revenue rose 77% in dollars and 79% in CC, totaling $798 million "

$800 million from their cloud offering in a single quarter is nonsense?

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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by chinhodado on Sunday February 12, 2017 @12:09AM (#13626863)
Maybe not, but that number doesn't tell the whole story. This is revenue. How much are they spending on R&D, infrastructure, marketing, etc. for their cloud business? How fast is that spending's growth in relative to the revenue?
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