Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by Naac » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 6:57 PM UTC

Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances
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Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by sgt » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

Can you run a small business on this, indefinitey, for free?

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by andrewxdiamond » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #2

Can you run a small business on this, indefinitey, for free?

Indefinitely? Mmmmmmm probably not. This is clearly a loss-leader for them to draw in more customers, so you can’t guarantee it won’t change

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by nefitty » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:08 PM UTC

andrewxdiamond wrote: post #3

sgt wrote: post #2

Can you run a small business on this, indefinitey, for free?

Indefinitely? Mmmmmmm probably not. This is clearly a loss-leader for them to draw in more customers, so you can’t guarantee it won’t change

This might be the first Oracle product I use. That means down the line I might have an informed opinion to share in business decisions where Oracle provides a solution. Pretty smart.

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by Iwan-Zotow » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:08 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #2

Can you run a small business on this, indefinitey, for free?

"Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. Think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawn mower"

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by bborud » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:12 PM UTC

With Oracle you always read the fine print. I wouldn't risk touching this with your ten foot pole.

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Post by ransom1538 » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

bborud wrote: post #6

With Oracle you always read the fine print. I wouldn't risk touching this with your ten foot pole.

It's hard to build yachts by giving away free machines.

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by outside1234 » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:13 PM UTC

nefitty wrote: post #4

andrewxdiamond wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indefinitely? Mmmmmmm probably not. This is clearly a loss-leader for them to draw in more customers, so you can’t guarantee it won’t change

This might be the first Oracle product I use. That means down the line I might have an informed opinion to share in business decisions where Oracle provides a solution. Pretty smart.

Or they are just totally failing in the cloud and this is an indication of that.

Also not hard to imagine the whole cloud getting shut down and/or sold to Salesforce (and shut down)

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by quiffledwerg » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:14 PM UTC

The large print giveth.

The small print taketh away.

Re: Oracle Giving Away 4-Core 24 GB Memory Ampere Instances

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Post by GordonS » Fri, Dec 10, 2021, 7:14 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #2

Can you run a small business on this, indefinitey, for free?

There's absolutely no way Oracle will continue giving this away free indefinitely. With the rush they're likely to get just from this being on HN, I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least temporarily disabled because of over-subscription.

As an aside, I've looked at Oracle Cloud before, and pricing definitely seems favourable compared to the big 3, and IIRC they even include a good chunk of bandwidth for free. But... I just don't trust Oracle. Now, it might well be that Oracle Cloud is completely separate from the rest of Oracle, in which case I might be more tempted - anyone here work at Oracle Cloud and can share, even with a throwaway if you're too embarrassed to admit to it? :P