Re: DB2 entering Wall Street. Will Oracle be left behind??

Edward Lloyd Hillman wrote:

>In article <q9xA9.58$M82.7719032_at_newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
> Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> writes:
>
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>>Ronnie Yours wrote:
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>>>I am not saying that outsourcing to IBM means an overnight change in
>>>hardware and software. But it will be a gradual move over a period of
>>>several years. DB2 has more presence in the financial markets than oracle.
>>>If you look at the Numbers its Sybase then DB2 right now.
>>>
>>>Oracle on the other hand is losing face at a lot of places. For example the
>>>California Contract. Its a gradual decline for oracle but it looks like its
>>>coming.
>>>
>>>Ron
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>>>
>>>
>>Well, Oracle has lost face plenty of times in the past ... but they
>>don't seem to be going away. Several years ago, they were caught doing
>>some creative financing, their stock went down temporarily, now no one
>>remembers that event. Several years ago, Microsoft beat them in some
>>benchmarks, their stock went down temporarily, now no one remembers that
>>event.
>>
>>Do you see a pattern here? Oracle, in spite of their shortcomings, has
>>staying power. They have a powerful marketing team. At the rate that
>>Oracle's "gradual decline" is occuring, it'll be the 22nd Century before
>>I have to worry about my job.
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>This supports an opinion I had for some years; namely, that Oracle is the
>Micro$oft of database vendors. (It would explain why Gates and Ellison
>reportedly dislike each other; too much alike.)
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>

That's pretty funny when you consider that Micro$oft IS a database vendor! Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 19:16:15 CST