From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/8/2025 1:50 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   If the customers are still there for Rdb, then I think Rdb   
   would be far better off going full circle - aka Oracle handing   
   Rdb over to VSI.   
      
   Arne   
      
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