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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't believe oracle is still such a behemoth. I thought they dissappeared in the 2010s, but they've been steaming ahead doing evil things with shit tons of money this whole time.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the same reason IBM still exists. Massive multinational / government contracts keep them alive and healthy.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And Microsoft. Ain't nobody buying SharePoint because it's good.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Wasn't Microsoft in a bad state during Balmer and it took Nadella to change focus from Microsoft developed products to cloud and selling Linux that saved it?