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Noons wrote:
> Anton Versteeg wrote:
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>>The author forgets a couple of things:
>>DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers.
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> False as can be...
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>>(Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe)
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> Nevertheless, it RUNS on mainframes. Which makes your
> claim above totally false.
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No since Oracle has zip marketshare on the mainframe, my statement is true, but to please you I will rephrase it to: DB2 is the only product that has proven it runs on the mainframe, midrange and PC and also sunstantial market share.
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>>There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product.
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> Size matters now? :)
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yooo man :)
> Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2
> has got NO CHANCE of long term survival.
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Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :)
-- Anton Versteeg IBM NetherlandsReceived on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 04:05:32 CDT