4 takeaways from Oracle’s earnings call

For its second quarter ended Nov. 30, database software giant Oracle posted revenue of $9.07 billion, up 1% compared to the year-ago quarter, just missing analyst expectations of $9.14 billion.
Once again, the key metric of new software license sales was off — falling 19% to $1.35 billion compared to last year, and missing analysts’ expectations of $1.44 billion.
But Oracle co-chief executive Safra Catz, speaking on the company’s earnings call, called out the good nubbin in tha