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

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 10 Nov 2006 16:44:35 -0800
Message-ID: <1163205875.544581.311330@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

DA Morgan wrote:
> 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.

Why are you attempting to hijack this thead?

What questions posed by the OP are relevant to some rant against DB2?

If you want to start some separate thread of conversation, go for it. To me it looks like just another attempt to spam people with your favorite url.

> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Fri Nov 10 2006 - 18:44:35 CST