That was the trigger for me. The industry is working on scaling out, rather
than scaling up. Until we see another large architectural shift this trend
will continue.
That being said:
If you're looking to stick it out with Oracle, you still have cloud based
options. On Oracle's cloud you're in a good position. I'm just starting to use
it on AWS, and it seems interesting. We'll see where that goes long term.
On Dec 16, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Mike Killough <mwkillough@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's a good point. I think that once there are no more premises databases,
I will hit the retirement finish line anyway.
Mike
From: Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: Oracle DBA to PostGreSQL DBA?
All - I just saw an article stating that most companies are migrating to the
cloud, so using the databases easily available and supported by the cloud
company.
Dennis Williams
