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Anton Versteeg wrote:
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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.
Using EXACTLY the same argument as you then:
I have NEVER come across DB2 on the PC. So,
it doesn't run on the PC, period.
Howzzat-den for argument?
> > Size matters now? :)
>
> yooo man :)
Hurhurhur!...
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> > Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2
> > has got NO CHANCE of long term survival.
> >
> Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :)
I will bet you a bottle of good shiraz that DB2 will become a non-event in Windows in less than 5 years. Can I be more clear than that? No. Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 05:09:07 CDT