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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by cmauniada on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:59PM (#23011180)
I should have worded my question better, I was just surprised why you would leave out arguably the top 3 companies and go with something like Oracle. (Maybe I am too young and that's where my animosity for Oracle comes from, but I feel like they are way behind the curve in terms of their cloud).
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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by sb8244 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:03PM (#23011216)
Oh no, I totally have the same question. I just wanted to make it clear that GCP was in the running since that was in your comment.

But yea, I don't get it either. I'd be curious to know why.

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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by enigmo on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:37PM (#23013925)
free credits. I've heard of deals giving out $50mm+ in credits over five years before... also gives you some insight into AWS/GCP/Azure margins.
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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by sb8244 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @12:32PM (#23052805)
Good point. I wonder how deals like this are structured on the accounting backend.
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