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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by adrianmonk on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:39PM (#23011677)
We can only speculate, but Zoom is really big in the news right now, so Oracle could have offered them a special deal so Oracle can be in the news too.

If you aren't knowledgeable enough about cloud providers to evaluate them directly on their merits, then you look for signals. Some people might think, hey, Zoom is doing well, they are a well-known, up-and-coming company, and they chose Oracle, from which we infer that Oracle must be good choice.

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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by binarymax on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @05:09PM (#23012075)
Pouring one out for the zoom devops crew now forced to work with Oracle cloud because of some high level partnership decision.
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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:42PM (#23014707)
If they're smart they will maintain the ability to jump to IBM and play them off each other.
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