It's really not. Oracle has an enormous middleware portfolio, and plenty of other niches to boot. And, to be honest, much as it may be unfriendly, it's a pretty good database.
Yeah, I was being hyperbolic to try to make the point -- you can dismiss anything as merely a frigging X. You're absolutely right with regard to Oracle.
(Tangent: for anyone interested in Oracle's history/business, or just enterprise software in general, I highly recommend http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743225058)
I agree with you: at one point in time, Oracle probably was worth $1.2 billion. For all we know, MongoDB could grow into a company that spawns a lot of NoSQL middleware whatevers.
It's really not. Oracle has an enormous middleware portfolio, and plenty of other niches to boot. And, to be honest, much as it may be unfriendly, it's a pretty good database.