RE: News.

From: Boivin, Patrice J <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 10:14:15 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004603FA.20020514101415@fatcity.com>

Esp. if Microsoft charges new licenses when people upgrade.

Regards,
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)

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Sent:	Tuesday, May 14, 2002 2:39 PM
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I think that the key words in the article are "worldwide new license revenue" NOT market share...

-Joe

• KENNETH JANUSZ <kjanusz_at_att.net> wrote:
  > So how big a market share does DB2 itself command? They don't say.
  > Big
  > deal, so IBM-Informix have slightly more market share than Oracle.
  > If
  > Oracle had bought Informix the shoe would be on the other foot.
  > Again, big
  > deal!
  >
  > Ken Janusz, CPIM
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
  > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:08 AM
  >
  >
  > > Gartner: IBM Steals Database Crown from Oracle
  > >
  > > IBM has dislodged Oracle Corp. from the top of the market for
  > database
  > > management software, helped along by its billion-dollar purchase
  > of
  > Informix
  > > Corp., according to new figures being released today by Stamford,
  > > Conn.-based Gartner Inc.
  > >
  > > In 2001, IBM and Westborough, Mass.-based Informix captured a
  > combined
  > 34.6%
  > > of worldwide new license revenue from database management
  > systems, besting
  > > Oracle's 32%, Gartner said. In 2000, the totals were 33.7% for
  > IBM-Informix
  > > and 34.1% for Oracle.
  > >
  > > The market as a whole generated $8.8 billion in revenue, growing
  > just 1.4%
  > > from the previous year. In contrast, revenue climbed a brisk 10%
  > from 1999
  > > to 2000, Gartner said.
  > >
  > > Most database management systems vendors saw single-digit or
  > negative
  > > growth, although Microsoft Corp. was a notable exception, Gartner
  > said.
  > The
  > > software giant saw revenue from new database management systems
  > licenses
  > > climb 17.8%, putting it in third place behind Oracle with 16.3%
  > of the
  > > market. Sybase Inc. was a distant fourth with 2.6%.
  > >
  > > For more on this story
  > >
  > http://computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/software/story/0%2C10801%2C7090
  > > 3%2C00.html?nlid=AM
  

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