Re: No future for DB2

rkusenet wrote:

> I am sorry such comparisons with software tools like RDBMS is meaningless.
> When you buy a air ticket, you are not making long term commitment to the
> airline. The commitment is only for *that* travel. So one can ignore
> market share of airlines etc.

True so far.

> Buying a software tool is lot more complicated. The software vendor is in
> some ways your partner in business. Things like financial viability, market
> share has some bearing in decision making process.

Were we talking about "Two-Guys-In-A-Garage, Inc." and their database product I would agree. But it is disingenuous to claim there is an issue of financial viability between IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.

So I'll buy your argument if comparting DB2 with PosgreSQL or Oracle with Ingres or Informix with FireBird. But in this group, with the products being discussed it is a red herring.

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