Re: No future for DB2

From: Superboer <superboer7_at_planet.nl>
Date: 5 Aug 2005 00:40:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1123227622.552745.271830@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

the article may have some truth in it; may be it's a warning that IBM is suffering from the Philips syndrome; producing great technology but may loose the market.

If that is the case then it is a very good idea to take these signals serious and start doing something about it.

Superboer.

bka schreef:

> IBM, the company that invented SQL and relational database, is tied
> (according to Gartner) for relational database revenue with Oracle. The
> article that spawned this thread is a cheapshot by a nonentity seeking
> self-promotion. I can't say much about Mac, but the characteristics
> identified by Charles Darwin for the survival of a species are inherent
> in DB2.
Received on Fri Aug 05 2005 - 02:40:22 CDT