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Re: informix market share

From: rkusenet <rkusenet_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:37:13 -0500
Message-ID: <Zisif.1099$Et5.46829@news20.bellglobal.com>


"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:438A4E7C.6020000_at_comcast.net...
> rkusenet wrote:
>
>>
>> Mark,
>> To get the context of 5.8%, please read my earlier
>> reponse here
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.informix/browse_frm/thread/23efaf53d18c215b/e5fa01410ec60ad1#e5fa01410ec60ad1
>>
>> SQL Server's share is around 19% overall, but an awesome 60%
>> in Windows. So to get the right prespective, I think one should
>> mention that.
>>
>
> I did read it, I was in fact pointing out that I think your selection of market size is flawed.
> I don't see how you can exclude Windows, its the largest market for all of the vendors,
> including Informix (I presume); and to provide comparable numbers to the other vendor's reported
> numbers in the article you posted, you need to take the whole market.

You do have a point. Received on Sun Nov 27 2005 - 18:37:13 CST

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