Re: database market share 2003

From: Blair Adamache <badamache_at_2muchspam.yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:53:04 -0400
Message-ID: <caq1fg$q79$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com>

Universties should not be teaching packaged applications. They should be teaching computer science. I am aware that Universities teach with DB2, Oracle, and Windows.

Any University serious about computer science should be teaching with open source tools (MySQL and Linux) that allow students to see the guts of how these things actually work. Trying to teach relational database with a focus on SQL is superficial. The same is true with using a commercial ERP app.

The students learn much more if they learn relational theory the way Codd taught it, and the packaged delivery of it (i.e. SQL in commercial RDBMS's and packaged ERP apps) is something they pick up on their own time or in summer jobs.

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> Mark Townsend wrote:
> 

>> Blair Adamache wrote:
>>
>>> the SAP we know today was Oracle-centric, and SAP has
>>> invested quite a bit to change this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hmm - I guess this level of investment to non 'Oracle-centric'
>> solutions doesn't actually extend to training then - from the SAP web
>> site
>>
>> BC535 - Database Administration - DB2 UDB (4.6) - This course is
>> currently not scheduled.
>> BC530 - Database Administration - DB2/390 (4.6) - This course is
>> currently not scheduled.
>> BC511 - Database Administration - Informix Online (4.6C) - This
>> course is currently not scheduled.
>>
>> SAP, Seibel, Peoplesoft etc are not stupid, and are as market driven
>> as any other company. Their customers want their products on the
>> Oracle database, and no amount of postulating or hand waving from
>> other database vendors is going to change that. In fact, there is
>> significant evidence to show that Oracle's market share under these
>> packaged applications is actually growing (and indeed, that IBM's
>> share is declining).

> 
> 
> There is zero demand for classes on any of these products at the college
> and university level too so I am not surprised.
> 

Received on Wed Jun 16 2004 - 12:53:04 CDT