Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

Can I ask why you are using 1997 market share numbers, when Dataquest has released 1998 and is probably close to releasing 1999? 1998 numbers indicate:

IBM 32.3
Oracle 29.3
Microsoft 10.2
Informix 4.4
Sybase 3.5
Others 20.3

Also, realize that the last time I checked: 1) Microsoft includes SQL Server with every purchase of backoffice, whether the customer uses it or not and 2) Microsoft's share also includes Access.

Norris wrote:

> RDBMS Market Share
>
> 1997 RDBMS:
> Oracle 27%,
> IBM 26.7%,
> Microsoft 15%,
> Sybase 4.5%,
> Informix 4.3%,
> CA 3.8%
>
> 1997 NT RDBMS: Oracle 38%, Microsoft 35%, Sybase 8%, IBM 7%
>
> By 2001, Microsoft will overtake Oracle as market leader on NT as a direct consequence of the Microsoft Enterprise Agreements (0.7 probability). The shift will be more profound over time. NT accounted for 19 percent of the RDBMS market in 1997 (compared to Unix's 45 percent), but grew 91 percent over 1996. NT will overtake Unix as the revenue leader by 2003 (0.7 probability).
>
> http://www.gartner.com/webletter/microsoftsql/article1.html
>
> In comp.databases.sybase Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:07:08 -0500, Larry Edelstein
> > <lsedels_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> >>To answer your question, Oracle had both DB2 UDB and Informix as real
> >>competition prior to SQL Server 7. And as of now, if you ask any of the
> >>major consulting firms like Gartner, Meta, Giga or if you cruise the press,
> >>you will find that DB2 UDB is still "real" competition for Oracle ... very
> >>real.
>
> > And that boys and girls, is the stark naked truth! Many years ago
> > when I was at ORACLE, I warned them many, many times the REAL danger
> > was DB2. Not Ingres, Sybase and MS/SS: those were just pebbles. Every
> > single ORACLE "illuminati" tought I was mad, a "mainframe neandertal"
> > and other niceties.
>
> > IBM has the people and the serious industry attitude to do real damage
> > to ORACLE. And they're starting to have the product too... It's gonna
> > be fun from now on! Watch out, Larry. I mean, the ORACLE Larry! :-)
>
> > Cheers
> > Nuno Souto
> > nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
> > http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
>
> --
> JULY
Received on Mon Feb 28 2000 - 07:25:40 CST