Re: IBM Debunks Oracle's MultiVersion Read Consistency ?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 08:27:01 -0700
Message-ID: <3EBA7745.9FF23FF4@exxesolutions.com>

Noons wrote:

> > IDC figures show Oracle with a higher share, but still show DB2
> > and SQL Server rapidly gaining at its expense.
> >
>
> I hope it is at Oracle's expense! That means the
> normal market increase is all going to Oracle.
> At thet "rapid" gain of 1%/year, in another ten years
> they are going to be a real threat. That's gonna affect
> my retirement no end...
>
> <snipped>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam

There are two very objective measures of a product's impact on the market.

Demand for employees: A quick trip to dice.com, monster.com, and hotjobs.com indicates no erosion Worldwide: 997 jobs for DB2, 3786 for Oracle
Demand for training materials: A quick trip to amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc. indicate no erosion 226 books on DB2, 1095 on Oracle

So far DB2 is not making an impact where it matters to anyone except IBM and Oracle stockholders. And
I don't own stock in either company so why would I care.

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Received on Thu May 08 2003 - 10:27:01 CDT