Oracle Corporation has been a software giant for decades. From its beginnings as an American database vendor to a multinational enterprise software behemoth, it is one of the most polarizing companies in this market. In this chapter, we look at its history and how it shaped the company and its cloud offering. Oracle is one of the few companies that publicly espoused an anti-cloud attitude, but historically drove key technical developments that we today associate with the cloud.
The History of Oracle
Oracle was founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates in the summer of 1977. It was initially called ...
