Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?

From: michael newport <michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2004 08:16:07 -0700
Message-ID: <63b202d.0410270716.2fb0d46c@posting.google.com>

> 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, Apache and PHP did not start off successful. They grew.

Ingres has existed for a long time, the base IS there comp.databases.ingres

> 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.

Companies focus on Linux because it is free. A huge advantage.

Oh and by the way Ingres is also free. Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 10:16:07 CDT