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mr_mitm 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle slashes 30k jobs

Aren't their databases behemoths that satisfy requirements (especially of regulatory nature) of large banks and such? I don't think they have much in common with the needs of your run-of-the-mill startup.

chasd00 5 months ago [–]

> I don't think they have much in common with the needs of your run-of-the-mill startup.

that's right, Oracle's databases are for things like Visa and Mastercard transactions and maybe the US IRS and Social Security systems of record.

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