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Re: informix market share

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:48:58 -0800
Message-ID: <1133135329.414122@yasure>


Mark Townsend wrote:
> xiaoxin wrote:
>

>>> The market share for Informix was about 5% in 2004, down 1% from 2003.
>>
>>
>> Any links to support your figure?
>>

>
> Gartner put the Informix product share at 1.4% of Overall RDBMS Market
> Share.
>
> I don't believe IDC break out the Informix numbers anymore in their
> market share reports.
>
> According to both Gartner and IDC, the IBM DB2 brand (which includes
> Informix) is growing slower than the overall market.

1.4%? That is unsustainable no matter the passion of those that use it. Though, I guess, Informix could become for IBM what Rdb is for Oracle.

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Received on Sun Nov 27 2005 - 17:48:58 CST

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