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Meh.

We use Oracle's (newish) autonomous database offering, and haven't really experienced any bugs at all. No worries about backups, very little DBA time, and the on-demand licensing makes it quite economical. We just get on with it, and couldn't be happier.

Of course, YRMV.

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Have fun when Larry decides he want another yacht and his license goons come by to exploit the lock in you gave created for yourself.

Yes, I was expecting this comment. A tired cliche I've been hearing for years...

It is based on practical experience from multiple companies who ended up in precisely this situation.

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