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

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:29:18 GMT, Ed Stevens said (and I quote):

> Just like Serge said, we'll have to agree to disagree. I *am* an IGS insider.

I know.

> day I was a long-time employee of 'x', the next day I was sitting at the same
> desk doing the same job as an employee of IBM GS.

You're lucky. I know many who the next day found themselves without a job, but that's another story.

> Outside of the mainframes

Funny how there is always the word "mainframe" in anything IBM does...

> there's hardly a blue server or piece of software to be found. When the client
> company (my former employer) buys servers, software or additional services (new
> project development) we have to bid on it just like any other vendor, and we
> don't always win.

and the point is?

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam