Re: No future for DB2

That's not the point. One of your complaints about DB2 was that Replication costs $. It doesn't ... only on z/OS and i-series. So does Oracle apparently.

Larry E.

Bob Jones wrote:
> Now, is z/OS Oracle's product or is it as open as UNIX, or even Windows?
> Besides z/OS is not even a primary platform for Oracle, but it is for DB2.
>
>

>>And let me guess ... to replicate from Oracle on z/OS to a database on LUW 
>>is free?
>>
>>Larry E.
>>
>>Bob Jones wrote:
>>
>>>>>No, partitioning is not included in DB2 Workgroup Edition. You can't 
>>>>>even do simple replications in DB2 without purchasing a separate 
>>>>>product.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>We have been discussing here primarily DB2 for Linux/UNIX/Windows right? 
>>>>This is not true. Replication is included free-of-charge with DB2 WE and 
>>>>with DB2 ESE.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I am talking about replicating data from DB2 on z to DB2 on LUW.