Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:56:32 -0600
Message-ID: <Os_8b.10$QG5.7699_at_news.uswest.net>
> > You seem to be judging the databases based on market share. Maybe in the
> UK
> > DB2 is not popular, but in the US it is doing very well against Oracle.
MS
> > SQL Server is also doing well. Oracle is loosing market share, which is
> not
> > surprising since the pretty much owned the market at one time.
>
> To be clear, you're talking about DB2 UDB, right?
> In the UK, for sure "DB2" is very popular, because of all those mainframe
> installations (and because every AS400 has DB2 USB installed on it whether
> used or not). But in the UNIX/Linux/NT market DB2 UDB is a marginal
player
> by comparison with Oracle and particularly - as you say - the fast-growing
> SQL Server.
>
Like I said, DB2 for Windows, Linux, and Unix is doing very well in the US.
I am talking about new installations. Oracle still has a strong lead in
terms of installed base on those platforms.
Received on Sun Sep 14 2003 - 15:56:32 CEST