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Mark A wrote:
>>I've yet to run into a single instance of DB2 on Windows ... or for >>that matter DB2 on non-IBM hardware. Do they exist? Of course. But >>they are few and far between. And almost all in companies that have >>DB2 on an IBM platform already. >>-- >>Daniel Morgan
You can't call the fact that I, personally, have never run into DB2 on Windows nonsense. And you sure can't dig your way out of it by making reference to HP and Sun hardware unless you are somehow equating Solaris with a Microsoft product.
So I'll try the statement again ... I ... that means mean personally, in 35 years in this industry ... seen DB2 on Windows in any organization that didn't have DB2 also on another IBM platform such as a mainframe or AS400.
I can not be wrong about my personal experience.
If you wish to prove that my personal experience is somehow skewed and not representative of the database market as a whole ... then here's how you can do it.
Publish official numbers showing the number of DB2 licenses, on MS Windows, that are in companies that are not also using DB2 on mainframes or AS400. Simple.
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Sun May 30 2004 - 19:02:29 CDT