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

From: Brian Peasland <oracle_dba_at_peasland.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:36:17 GMT
Message-ID: <3DD3C2F1.AEFBE8EE@peasland.com> 





> 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.




I like to attribute their staying power to the product, not necessarily
the company and its marketing team. If their product wasn't a top RDBMS,
then they wouldn't have the staying power that they exhibit.



Cheers,


Brian
Received on Thu Nov 14 2002 - 09:36:17 CST












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