Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:07:27 GMT
Message-ID: <417F735E.6080007@comcast.net>

michael newport wrote:

> Linux / Apache / PHP have taken off because they are reliable and OpenSource.
> I predict the same for Ingres.

>

Linux, Apache and PHP are succesful because there is a strong developer and user community. Ingres doesn't have this, and making something OpenSource doesn't cause this community to automatically build.

Linux in particular benefited from the focus companies like Oracle, IBM and others placed on it. The same level of focus is unlikely to happen for Ingres. Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 05:07:27 CDT