Re: Survey...Please help and respond!!

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:10:07 -0800
Message-ID: <1163203804.770198@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

hpuxrac wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:

>> peteh wrote:
>>> DA Morgan wrote:
>>>> DB2 is being marginalized and won't be a serious player in 5-7 years.
>>> LOL - guess this solves for good the mystery of what "DA" stands for...
>>>
>>> Pete H
>> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/247276_software07.html
>>
>> Take away z/OS and AS400 and IBM's share is about the same as
>> that of Informix or Sybase: In other words ... DB2 is being
>> marginalized. In 5-7 years ... the current DB2 workforce will
>> be retired. How many 20-30 year olds are learning DB2 today?
>> How many colleges/universities are teaching DB2? How many
>> private training companies support the product?
>
> Who exactly noted that you could or should "Take away z/OS and AS400"?

http://www.answers.com/topic/marginalization To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing.

That's what the word means.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Fri Nov 10 2006 - 18:10:07 CST