[Tuna-Fish]

I know a few people who have worked at oracle who have colorful things to say about the company.

The most memorable version on the internet has to be this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2115s watch for about 4 minutes.

[soared]

You can check my comment to cement this. The pay is excellent but the organization fits people’s general ideas of oracle. I saw contracts signed where we’d purposely lose money for years in order to box out competitors in the short term and then jack up prices for the client in the long term.

What people don’t typically think about though is how massively successful oracle is because of these strategies. They work really well.

[kaba0]

Isn’t that a pretty widely used strategy? Eg. Uber pretty much lost on initial rides (maybe even now), so it’s hardly big evil Oracle, but big evil capitalism.

[behringer]

Common, but illegal.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-a...

[ndesaulniers]

Big evil predatory pricing.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/predatory-pricing.asp

[usefulcat]

Except that Uber's product is a commodity. It's far, far easier to switch to using a different ride sharing app than it is to switch to using a different database. Especially for a large organization.

[nickstinemates]

Any talk by Bryan is worth watching for enthusiasm alone.