Daniel Morgan wrote:
> Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
>> Daniel Morgan wrote (in part):
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Could it be that people smart enough to select DB2 are smart enough to
>> select an OS other than Windows? ;-)
>
>
> I would certainly hope so. That was certainly my experience when
> I worked with DB2. Yet somewhere back a few days ago in this thead
> someone was trying to make the case for DB2's great success on the
> Windows platform. Why I can't imagine. Putting DB2, or for that
> matter Oracle, Informix, or Sybase on Windows to me means that you
> don't need to be up 7x24 and accept the fact that the machine will
> be down frequently for patching and virus fighting (caveat: unless
> you are one of those people that believes firewalls are fool proof).
>
There is a foolproof firewall, but i am not using it.
That is the firewall that is a block of wood or plastic with two dummy
RJ-45 connectors on it.
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Received on Mon May 31 2004 - 07:37:04 CDT
