Re: DB2 or Oracle

From: Richard <stuppiddickhead_at_postmaster.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:29:13 +0100
Message-ID: <3D7C5BD9.40005@postmaster.co.uk>

Niall Litchfield wrote:

> "Richard" <stuppiddickhead_at_postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3D7C423E.8060500_at_postmaster.co.uk...
> 

>>Nuno Souto wrote:
>>
>>>Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
>>

> news:<3D7B7663.4070909_at_ca.ibm.com>...
> 


>>>>Hmm, mainframes don't count BUT evil DB2 unses a different codebase

>>>>there, shame on them an hence don't buy it for the other platforms..

>>>>Do I sense schizophrenia by competitive marketing here????

>>>

>>>You may recall more than a year ago I was vilified for stating as

>>>a fact what is now recognized as truth.  Back then, I was the bad boy.

>>>Now, it's "of course".

>>>

>>>BTW, I never said DB2 is "evil", it's your statement not mine.

>>>

>>>What I said back then (and everyone made a tremendous effort to

>>>discredit me) was that the codebase for zSeries and AS400 is NOT

>>>the same as for the others.  And therefore IBM cannot claim,

>>>like they did back then, that there was only one codebase
>>>for DB2. It's bull, always was.
>>
>>This is an interesting discovery. I've certainly heard the "same code"
>>mantra a thousand times.

> 
> What difference does it make? Or rather what difference is it claimed to
> make.

It undermines the credibility of the person making the assertion.

Oh, I see what you mean. I think the benefit of a single code base is that you can use your resources more effectively. But since no-one actually has a single code base, by the sound of it... Received on Mon Sep 09 2002 - 03:29:13 CDT