Re: Good News for MS Windows users: Your favorite database ishere..

Blair :

YOU GO GURL! :) Will they never learn?

Mairhtin

Blair Kenneth Adamache <adamache_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote in message news:<3B0932C9.6D7DF2BC_at_ca.ibm.com>...
> Mark Townsend wrote:
>
> ....some gnashing of teeth deleted...readers frustrated with the level of debate
> might want to check out "Right Mouse Button -> Ignore Thread" in Netscape Newsgroup.
>
> > What's the rationale behind IBM WE being exactly the same functionality as
> > IBM EE, but less in price ? Intelligence test for customers ?
>
> Workgroup Edition charges by user, and lacks DRDA requestor function (you need to
> install DB2 Connect on top of it to get to DB2 on the 390 or AS/400).
>
> Enterprise Edition and Extended - EE charge by the number of processors only. The
> number of users is not a factor in the price. There is no additional charge for the
> speed of the processor, so customers can move their licenses to faster processors
> without having to incur additional charges for the software. Your Socratic method
> has taken you far Mark - you might be ready to write the DB2 Certification exams -
> an excellent way to spice up any resume in case those press rumours of Oracle
> cutbacks are true :)
Received on Mon May 21 2001 - 15:59:35 CDT