Interesting analysis. Have you thought of being a stock analyst?
"Ronnie Yours" <ronnie_yours_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I read an article that JP Morgan is entering into an agreement with IBM to
> outsource its tech operations.
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/021113/0018000026_2.html
>
> This means that IBM will start using DB2 as soon as it gets a chance as
> their database of choice instead of Sybase which JPM currently uses.
>
> Also its just a matter of time when others on wall street will follow
suit.
> Even if they dont outsource their tech to IBM they might start using DB2
as
> their database. Why do I say this. Because thats what history has told us.
> The whole financial induatry uses sybase even though there are and always
> were other choices available. I think they just maintain a standard across
> board. The move from sybase to some other database needed a big move from
> somebody who is large enough to make a significant impression on the whole
> industry and JPM is large enough.
>
> This might take some time but eventually it will happen.
>
> Does this mean that its time to start learning DB2.
>
> Ronnie
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 09:31:51 CST
