Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Amazon's Oracle move shows open source won't gain in the cloud

I was not surprised to hear Amazon's announcement that it now rocks Oracle's database in its cloud. Clearly it's a response to Salesforce.com's Database.com, but it also addresses the fact that most enterprises love Oracle. Currently Amazon offers MySQL on demand, an open source relational database. However, I suspect that enterprises and government agencies did not want to give up their existing Oracle installations -- and perhaps for good reason.Sarah Michelle Gellar: Sexy, Edgy New Tv Show Penelope Cruz Hulu Baby black rhino

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