John Furrier and Dave Vellante in 2010 speaking at Hadoop World point out that a lot of people think that they don't like Oracle, but truly they do like the company, with Furrier saying that they hire a lot of people and Vellante pointing out that Larry Ellison, the helmsmen is a very charismatic person. They point out that while they do like Oracle, they're just trying to keep them in check, sort of like a watchdog would.
Both Vellante and Furrier think that Oracle is holding their customer's hostage, users are going to keep paying the company for their products, and the company will keep increasing their prices, because they are the major supplier. With Vellante pointing out that Oracle is sticking it to their customers, which leaves the customer's in a bad spot when it comes to negotiations. Oracle negotiations are like a project, and through projects like Hadoop hope to help customers in areas like negotiations.
Oracle charges incredible licensing fees, and if users aren't prepared to move to another option then you're going to be held hostage by the company until you do decide to move. Both Vellante and Furrier agree that the manner in which Oracle operates is not ideal, and customer's are often forced to pay extremely high charges for the honor of using their software.
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John Furrier and Dave Vellante in 2010 speaking at Hadoop World point out that a lot of people think that they don't like Oracle, but truly they do like the company, with Furrier saying that they hire a lot of people and Vellante pointing out that Larry Ellison, the helmsmen is a very charismatic person. They point out that while they do like Oracle, they're just trying to keep them in check, sort of like a watchdog would.
Both Vellante and Furrier think that Oracle is holding their customer's hostage, users are going to keep paying the company for their products, and the company will keep increasing their prices, because they are the major supplier. With Vellante pointing out that Oracle is sticking it to their customers, which leaves the customer's in a bad spot when it comes to negotiations. Oracle negotiations are like a project, and through projects like Hadoop hope to help customers in areas like negotiations.
Oracle charges incredible licensing fees, and if users aren't prepared to move to another option then you're going to be held hostage by the company until you do decide to move. Both Vellante and Furrier agree that the manner in which Oracle operates is not ideal, and customer's are often forced to pay extremely high charges for the honor of using their software.
