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

DA Morgan wrote:
> Crusade against DB2? Don't flatter yourself. I used to work with DB2.
>
> If you don't like my opinions and prognostication feel free to verify
> the facts yourself. Here are the totally objective numbers.
>
> dice.com - Keyword DB2 3,409 jobs
> dice.com - Keyword Oracle 16,782 jobs
>
> monster.com - Keyword DB2 637 jobs
> monster.com - Keyword Oracle >1,000 jobs
>
> hotjobs.com - Keyword DB2 1,875 jobs
> hotjobs.com - Keyword Oracle 9,717 jobs
>
> As a marketer or employee of IBM or Oracle I might care about
> benchmarks or license revenues: But I am not. I am an academic
> and consultant. For me it isn't about religion, or good vs. evil,
> or red vs. blue, or Larry vs. Godzilla.
>
> These are the metrics that matter.
> These are the metrics that fill my lecture hall.
> These are the metrics that pay my mortgage.
> These are the metrics that put food on the table.
> These are the metrics that pay college tuitions.
> They are the ONLY metrics that matter.
>
> If you think that makes me an evangelist you are entitled to
> your opinion. But those that know me best know that helping
> Larry buy a new boat is not what gets me up in the morning.

How is this related to the original thread?

Take your religious war and start a new thread. Received on Sun Nov 19 2006 - 12:20:23 CST