Why is Oracle worth $260B?

Re:Why is Oracle worth $260B? by reneeshah on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:50PM (#29005387)

Which of the newer players are most likely to chip away at Oracle's market share?

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Re:Why is Oracle worth $260B? by gregjor on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:36PM (#29006622)

Oracle competes in the database realm with Microsoft (SQL Server) and IBM (DB/2). Oracle owns MySQL. PostgreSQL and MySQL are widely used but not considered enterprise-scale.

Big companies build their software around the database, so once they have committed to a database vendor they are pretty well locked in. I don’t see any newer players directly competing with Oracle, but there are always competing products aimed at specific requirements.

Besides the database server Oracle also sells enterprise software applications. So do Microsoft, IBM, HPE, etc. Salesforce (founded by a former Oracle exec) is an example of a new-ish competitor. Salesforce of course uses Oracle.

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Re:Why is Oracle worth $260B? by gagejustins on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:54PM (#29006823)

I would also add: 1. new SQL entrants: PlanetScale, Cockroach 2. PaaS SQL: Spanner, Aurora

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