Ronnie Yours wrote:
> I am not saying that outsourcing to IBM means an overnight change in
> hardware and software. But it will be a gradual move over a period of
> several years. DB2 has more presence in the financial markets than oracle.
> If you look at the Numbers its Sybase then DB2 right now.
>
> Oracle on the other hand is losing face at a lot of places. For example the
> California Contract. Its a gradual decline for oracle but it looks like its
> coming.
>
> Ron
>
Well, Oracle has lost face plenty of times in the past ... but they
don't seem to be going away. Several years ago, they were caught doing
some creative financing, their stock went down temporarily, now no one
remembers that event. Several years ago, Microsoft beat them in some
benchmarks, their stock went down temporarily, now no one remembers that
event.
Do you see a pattern here? Oracle, in spite of their shortcomings, has
staying power. They have a powerful marketing team. At the rate that
Oracle's "gradual decline" is occuring, it'll be the 22nd Century before
I have to worry about my job.
Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 12:49:58 CST
