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DA Morgan wrote:
> Mark A wrote:
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>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message >> news:1122533361.487428_at_yasure... >> >>> rkusenet wrote: >>> >>>> This article is very bleak about future of DB2. How credible is the >>>> author. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1839681,00.asp >>> >>> >>> Graph the calendar year vs. the average age of DB2 developers and DBAs. >>> Do the same for the other major commercial RDBMS products. You will have >>> your answer. >>> >>> It is not that DB2 is technically incapable of competing. Rather IBM >>> is presiding over an aging baby-boom workforce. Speaking only from my >>> experience in the US ... a large number of colleges and universities, >>> including mine, have active programs teaching SQL Server and Oracle. >>> I can not think of a single one teaching DB2. >>> >>> I left Fortran for a reason. >>> I left COBOL for the same reason. >>> Those working with DB2 should take a serious look at which is more >>> important ... product loyalty or paying the mortgage. >>> -- >>> Daniel A. Morgan >> >> >> >> Even if your premise is correct (which I believe is greatly >> exaggerated), your conclusions are backwards. If there are more DB2 >> DBA's retiring, then there will be a shortage of DB2 talent and more >> job opportunities. >> >> Given the ease of administration improvements in 10g (not to mention >> the improvements that are no doubt coming in future Oracle releases), >> as 8i and 9i installations migrate to 10g, that alone will create at >> least a 30% theoretical reduction in the number of Oracle DBA's >> needed. I expect this trend to continue as Oracle fends off MS SQL >> Server.
Even if your statements are correct ( following the trend here :-) DB2 scales better than Oracle, or SQL-Server. The big question is why IBM hasn't really done the marketing. The answer is Java. They have put a lot of eggs in the Java basket, but have hardly spoken about DB2 as "da bomb", or the hottest thing. It's not their style to do so, but you do get the impression that IBM will stay the course with its quirky, goofy, self-deprecating commercial ad campaigns. There does appear to be a move to make DB2 ubiquitous in the market silently, as a utilitarian tool, as well as a mainstream database. But marketing is where the action is, and any product, no matter where it comes from won't survive without great marketing. SQL-Server is about to have its big day Q4 2005, but doubtful we'll see any noise from IBM. Oracle will probably have its usual suspects show up in the trades with compelling acrimony why SQL-Server is a bad choice--again--and the cycle will repeat... What is really interesting is the SQL-Server market, and where everyone will be focused for the near term. Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 06:46:03 CDT