How much of my private information, as kept by government or private organizations, are stored in Oracle databases that are less secure because of their boneheaded stance on this?
People have all sorts of reasons for choosing Oracle solutions. I am not in a position to influence all those people, even when their choices affect me directly.
A crude example: Imagine you're a janitor. Your company only supplies you with buckets from Leaky Bucket, Inc. Their buckets always leak, creating more messes that you have to clean up. Sure, Leaky Bucket, Inc. needs to fix their bucket processes, but I'd be more angry at the company for continuing to use buckets from a shoddy manufacturer.
edit: And by the way, the very first time you are forbidden from patching a bucket you could patch yourself should be the red flag that tells you to use different buckets. Move on to better things and encourage others to do so too.
I can't understand the argument that I shouldn't be upset with a human being because they're stupid, and make stupid decisions. Humans are capable of introspection, education, and change.
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect more of my fellow humans than of my cat.
But I guess I won't be mad at you.
So, I'm just making the point that frustration makes sense, but hate probably doesn't. They certainly aren't intending to be stupid, but it is frustrating that we can't show them the error of their reasoning sometimes.