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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by dralley on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @06:53PM (#23013093)
>AWS and GCP were great, but also fairly expensive once you get locked in. Oracles bare metal cloud sweetened the deal soo much,

Until you get locked in.

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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by ram_rar on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:31PM (#23013433)
updated it. Thanks!
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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by dralley on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:42PM (#23013523)
I meant, it's cheap until you get locked in with oracle.
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Re:Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Mic... by nojito on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @08:31PM (#23013874)
There are sweetheart deals for AWS, GCP and AZURE.

The very usage of the "cloud" implies lockin.

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