Larry Ellison reveals shared Oracle database

Having read the article it refers to how Oracle in the early days of Cloud said it was was crap in far different words and now offer a cloud solution.<p>"Ellison has come a long way in a short time on cloud computing. In 2008, when cloud hype was rapidly inflating, Oracle's chief rightly highlighted the term's relativity and meaninglessness, skewering Silicon Valley's mindless recategorising of everything as "cloud".<p>Saliant part being: "At that time, Ellison reckoned he couldn't see how Oracle could change what it was making or selling in order to capitalise on cloud: "I don't understand what we have to do different, other than change the wording on some our ads," he said (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FacYAI6DY0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FacYAI6DY0</a>)."<p>Having heard that original insight on youtube I don't blame him/Oracle, he does make some good points back then and now for a `database` vendors perspective. Now they have got the head around there hardware Sun purchase things have changed.

Remember, Oracle is the master at trying to charge everyone the most that they will bear. If Oracle is managing your database, I guarantee that they will use the data they collect in doing so to attempt to figure out how much they can charge you. I would not touch this offer with a 10' pole.

I don't like the title. I realise it hasn't been editorialised, I don't like the original. There is <i>nothing</i> wrong about doing a u-turn.

After using Oracle 15 years ago, then mostly using mysql, I had to use Oracle again last year and you know what? It's crap! OCI is a ridiculous, error-prone API that takes a bunch of code to do anything at all.

"We own it. We manage it. We upgrade it. You only pay for what you use"<p>That might actually be a pretty good model for organisations who have a limited requirement to run the Oracle DB internally (for Oracle applications) without investing in specialized support teams just for that one technology.