Re: No future for DB2

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:13:02 -0700
Message-ID: <1122577949.611311@yasure>

Serge Rielau wrote:

> In 10 years there will be a lot more XQuery.
> I fear who reigns RDBMS in 10-15 years is as interesting as IMS
> marketshare.
>
> Cheers
> Serge

I don't think so. XQuery will not stand the test of time any more than storying XML in the database will. XML was developed for a purpose. Storing it and querying it makes no sense, wastes resources, and is highly inefficient.

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