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Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:07AM (#24211108)
I am missing a reference here. Can you expand?
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by defen on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:53AM (#24211755)
Imagine if a company like Eastman Kodak were selected to rebuild the national stockpile of medical supplies that were depleted by COVID. It's kinda like that.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by arcturus17 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:18AM (#24211250)
Oracle sells enterprise software, and it has a pretty bad reputation in some engineering circles due to their aging technology and bad business practices. They don’t have any significant business lines in social or consumer tech AFAIK.

In this sense, they seem like they would have no clue about the needs and wants of teenagers, therefore making an odd match for TikTok

Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by Nexxxeh on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:00PM (#24211845)
Even one of their few products useful to sole traders and very small SMBs, VirtualBox, is impossible to purchase in individual license (in the UK at least). They're almost openly hostile to anything smaller than Enterprise.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by popotamonga on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:49PM (#24213493)
I host my stuff on Oracle cloud.Free 10TB monthly traffic and price per GB 1/10 of other clouds. S3 compatible API
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by ygjb on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:34PM (#24214221)
Do you host it there because it's free, or because you are paying for it, and it provides the best value for your business?
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by popotamonga on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:48AM (#24220884)
Because its free but if i needed to go above quota i would pay because competition is 10x more expensive.