Re: No future for DB2

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: 27 Jul 2005 16:17:57 -0700
Message-ID: <1122506277.096586.93930@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Anton Versteeg wrote:
> The author forgets a couple of things:
> DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers.

False as can be...

> (Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe)

Nevertheless, it RUNS on mainframes. Which makes your claim above totally false.

> There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product.

Size matters now? :)

Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2 has got NO CHANCE of long term survival. Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 18:17:57 CDT