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Re: Excellent future for DB2

From: Anton Versteeg <Anton_Versteeg_at_nnll.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:50:38 +0200
Message-ID: <42f728fc_1@news3.prserv.net>


Bob Jones wrote:

>>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.
>>

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

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> I am not sure if they are producing good technology. Their software surely
> does not score high in the ease-of-use department. That's why more services
> and supports are needed.
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> IMO, AIX is propbably the only good thing come out of IBM. Mainframe is no
> longer a great technology by today's standard.
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>

You obviously don't know what you are talking about. 'By todays standard' must be 'by your standard' DB2 ranks #1 in many places. So where is your #3 coming from? Which ranking?
Reading your post, I quess one cannot be any more vague than you are.
-- 
Anton Versteeg
IBM Netherlands
Received on Mon Aug 08 2005 - 04:50:38 CDT

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