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It already is.
Web Servers: Apache, nginx are far more popular then Microsofts Internet Information System.
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB are all more popular then Oracle Database or IBMs DB2
OS: Linux distros are more popular then MS Windows. Microsoft Azure runs more Linux virtual machines than Windows
Who would pay for a database when you can get a free one?
some do pay for it. And i dont understand why.
Just because something is available for free doesn't mean it's better for all use cases. There are cases where Oracle will perform better than Postgres (and vice versa of course).
And there's a business case for finger pointing
security issue with your open source DB install? It's either your fault (configuration), or the fault of some possibly volunteer engineer (bug). But if you pay enough, the whole thing is Oracle's problem, and you can tell investors with a straight face that it's not your fault. And Oracle are big enough that it's an easy decision to defend should something go wrong (which is something of a self fulfilling prophecy, but that's the way it is).
But yeah, whenever I need a database it's Postgres :)