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

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:39:09 +1100, Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote:

>Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:18:27 GMT, Ed Stevens said (and I quote):
>> Perhaps, but we were running the business here on IBM mainframes for nearly 20
>> years before the outsource deal. So the fact that we have the machines is
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>uh-huh.
>
>> >
>> >> 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?
>>
>> That signing an outsource deal with IGS doesn't turn a shop blue, and doesn't
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>but, you people were already blue! How is that proof it doesn't?
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We were already blue only in the mainframe piece of the business. Client server side (which is the growth area here) is a completely different story. Not an IBM label to be found. Compaq and Dell hardware, Oracle databases, MS Office . . .

>
>> And back to
>> the original post -- that it doesn't portend the end of life as we in the Oracle
>> world know it.
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>Now, you're tawkin! ;)
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>--
>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam

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Ed Stevens
(Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)