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

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:47:15 +0000, Ronnie Yours wrote:

> 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

So you really, REALLY believe that Wall Street know what they're doing? Got any stock?

Cheers,

dmz17 Received on Sat Nov 16 2002 - 10:38:50 CST