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Re: No future for DB2

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:28:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1122535660.512851@yasure>


Captain Pedantic wrote:
> "bka" <badamache_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1122515145.936820.249390_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>

>>>>If only IBM already had a database product hugely respected in the UNIX
>>>>market, and in fact designed specifically *for* that market, eh?
>>
>>4 in the top 9, including #1:
>>
>>http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster&version=5&currencyID=0

>
>
> I was actually thinking of Informix. DB2 was not designed specifically for
> UNIX, but for the mainframe. We don't know if Informix would appear at or
> near the top of TPC benchmarks because IBM won't enter it for them. We used
> to believe that this because it would embarrass DB2, but personally I think
> it's more likely to be an extension of the policy of never promoting
> Informix, except to the existing user base.

I think it is both.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 02:28:15 CDT

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