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Re:Oracle Sales Erode as Startups Embrace Free Software by needusername on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:40AM (#9704250)
> Oracle does provide value.

I don't know why people always mention clustering. It provides so many downsides and complications that it hardly ever seems worth it. I don't know my people never mention instrumentation, monitoring and plan management. These things are there you help you when you need them.

Re:Oracle Sales Erode as Startups Embrace Free Software by saiya-jin on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:59AM (#9704733)
is it more complicated? yes. is it completely mandatory for many types of bigger corps? but of course.

not that the topics you mention are not important part of equation :)