Re: No future for DB2

From: Mark A <nobody_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:38:11 -0600
Message-ID: <S9ydnZeuifbP4HXfRVn-pA@comcast.com>

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>
> Oh puh-leaze: the ONLY reason IBM bought Informix
> was that it was a cheap way of buying another 5 or so %
> points in the db size of user base race so they could
> claim to be ahead of Oracle!
>
> They NEVER had any plan to do anything else with Informix
> other than improperly claiming their share of the market
> as DB2's or IBm's.
>
> And that's a fact.
>

Kind of like Oracle buying Peoplesoft. Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 01:38:11 CDT