Re: >Oracle's future

From: Surendra K. Verma <verma_at_eclipse.torolab.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 18:06:37 GMT
Message-ID: <Cn4qB1.18BG_at_eclipse.torolab.ibm.com>


In article <Cn4JA8.GAM_at_ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> John.Susag_at_Minneapolis.NCR.COM writes:
>>In article <1994Mar22.223454.2137_at_colesmyer.com.au> Andrew May CMIS writes:
>>I also understand DB2/6000 is a subset of DB2/MVS.
>>
>DB2/6000 shares a code base with DB2/2. As a marketing move, IBM has started
>calling all their DBMS DB2. Thus we have DB2/MVS (real DB2), DB2/VM-VSE
>(SQL/DS), DB2/2 (formerly OS/2 Database Manager rewritten to be 32 bit) and
>DB2/6000 (32-bit OS/2 DBM ported to AIX). Although there is a great deal in
>common, they are NOT the same DBMS on multiple platforms. DB2/6000 ain't DB2.
>
>
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>John.Susag_at_Minneapolis.NCR.COM
>AT&T Global Information Solutions - Formerly NCR Corporation
>
>

I should point out that DB2/6000 is much more enhanced than DB2/2, and is not a straight port of DB2/2.

Surendra
verma_at_torolab.vnet.ibm.com Received on Wed Mar 23 1994 - 19:06:37 CET

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