From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/8/2025 1:42 PM, bill wrote:   
   > On 8/8/2025 11:05 AM, Chris Townley wrote:   
   >> You would think that Oracle would have details of customers who have   
   >> bought RDB licenses in the past   
   >   
   > But then, you also might think that Oracle would just much like   
   > to see them all go away so they could stop spending resources on   
   > something that is not a profit maker.   
      
   I am rather confident that Rdb is making a profit. The list   
   price of Rdb is pretty high and even with a solid discount   
   to good customers, then Oracle should be able to make   
   a profit.   
      
   The problem is that it is a very small area within a very   
   big company.   
      
   Oracle DB, Oracle ERP & CRM (whatever its current name is),   
   Oracle cloud etc. are huge business areas making tens   
   of billions in revenue and billions in profit.   
      
   So if Rdb talk about growing revenue by 10 M$ and Oracle cloud talk   
   about growing revenue by 10 B$, then senior management will not   
   spend many seconds on Rdb.   
      
   Arne   
      
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