Comment by aurareturn

2 days ago

Postgres and MySql are free but hasn't stopped Oracle from making tens of billions each year in database subscriptions.

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alternatex  1 day ago

IMO it's harder to move away from Oracle DB than from Open AI. The type of businesses that rely on Oracle DB have all the characteristics of a "tech kidnap victim". Huge DB-driven projects, old bad code with few tests, and a profit margin low enough to not be able to fund a migration to a different DB.

I think businesses that rely on new AI models are very different.

  • aurareturn  1 day ago

    It's still way too early. Many AI labs will fold, fall behind, get bought out. In the end, it'll always end up with 1-2 big ones left standing and a few smaller ones fighting for scraps.