Re: No future for DB2

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: 28 Jul 2005 21:03:31 -0700
Message-ID: <1122609811.833906.214030@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

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.

Good point.

Yet:
XML, how deranged is that? Store your metadata with your data and send it out for every single instance of data. Over and over again.

"100Mrows? No problem, sir: we'll send you the metadata for every column of those rows 100Mtimes."
<pause/>
"hello IBM? Can I buy some more disk?"

Reminds me of the "to-be-sure-to-be-sure" old Irish gag. What a sad joke IT has turned into... Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 23:03:31 CDT