Re: DB2 entering Wall Street. Will Oracle be left behind??

From: Ronnie Yours <ronnie_yours_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:09:22 -0500
Message-ID: <aqu4jj$gth$1@nntp-m01.news.aol.com>

I am not saying that outsourcing to IBM means an overnight change in hardware and software. But it will be a gradual move over a period of several years. DB2 has more presence in the financial markets than oracle. If you look at the Numbers its Sybase then DB2 right now.

Oracle on the other hand is losing face at a lot of places. For example the California Contract. Its a gradual decline for oracle but it looks like its coming.

Ron

"Serge Rielau" <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote in message news:3DD27A3C.1070600_at_ca.ibm.com...
> The conclusions you draw aren't valid for the following reason:
> An outsourcing contract with IBM, does not automatically mean a change
> in the hardware or software. Just note the number of IBM Global
> Services employees posting in this very newsgroup.
>
> However, it is true that the financial industry is moving away from
> Sybase and that DB2 has penetrated this market with DB2 V7. This
> includes J.P Morgan.
>
> Cheers
> Serge
>
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Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 12:09:22 CST