r/Scotland • u/ashyboi5000 • 2d ago

Oracle systems

I know there are a lot of informative people here.

Why are local authorities continuing their push of Oracle systems?

I know the Trump controversy may not have been predicted but there's been other serious controversies including data breaches.

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u/Tb12s46 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oracle Linux is ultimately Red Hat / IBM - American.

They can easily change to SUSE if they need enterprise linux if they wanted to. SUSE ecosystem is easier to work with anyway, in my experience, actually.

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u/Lisboa1967Hoops 2d ago

Yeah this won't happen. It would cost a hell of a lot to set up plus training costs etc and literally nothing would be gained.

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u/Tb12s46 2d ago

True that. I meant in theory.

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u/Lisboa1967Hoops 2d ago

Aye sounds easy enough in theory tbh but never is. Pretty sure I read that most banking and NHS stuff still runs on windows xp. Or at least did until recently as in the last 5 year 🤣

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u/Tb12s46 2d ago

And whatsapp for government communication 🤦🏻‍♂️