The Oracle rdbms was at least for a while unmatched. It had programmability, functionality, and tunability that no other database had. If you needed what it provided, and could afford it, there was no real substitute.
Today, Postgres has come a long way, and distributed databases are much more developed. There is probably much less technical justification for using Oracle than there was 10+ years ago.
Also many companies would pay for Oracle and just use it for CRUD operations. That was throwing money away, no doubt.
Today, Postgres has come a long way, and distributed databases are much more developed. There is probably much less technical justification for using Oracle than there was 10+ years ago.
Also many companies would pay for Oracle and just use it for CRUD operations. That was throwing money away, no doubt.