Will Oracle Conspire to Cause Cloud to Pelt Hail?
April 7, 2011
Since Oracle‘s large sales increase last quarter, driven in part by cloud computing demands, ReadWrite Cloud ponders: “Oracle Had a Killer Quarter- What Does That Mean for Open Source in the Cloud?”
Oracle’s success may be a hindrance for open source cloud applications. Because so many companies already use Oracle’s database management software, and because migrating from it can be costly and difficult, many choose to stick with Oracle rather than seeking choices.
Ed Boyahjian, CEO of support and management tool provider EnterpriseDB, has hope for open source:
‘We’re engaged with every major cloud provider today on how they can have an open source database alternative,’ he says. Boyajian says a lot of customers are tired of being locked into Oracle’s databases and are looking for an alternative.”
I hope he’s right. It would be a shame to see Oracle’s lock on our databases dwindle the opportunity for more open source solutions.
Cynthia Murrell, April 7, 2011
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