Re: Excellent future for DB2

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.
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A well known fact? Based on what? So how come customers are still investing on this 'dated' platform.
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> DB2 is #3 in terms of ease-of-use, behind Oracle and SQL Server. Now that's
> just my own experience. If you have read previous comments carefully, it is
> really not that vague.

Ah, finally *facts* change into *opinions* I have used both Oracle and DB2 and I find DB2 a lot easier to use. Ok, I'll be fair , I have used DB2 a lot longer.
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Anton Versteeg
IBM Netherlands