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

From: Edward Lloyd Hillman <edwardh_at_iamdigex.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:43:07 -0000
Message-ID: <ut5scr2kvj1ec6@news.supernews.com>

In article <q9xA9.58$M82.7719032_at_newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,

        Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> writes:
> Ronnie Yours wrote:

>> 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
>> 

> Well, Oracle has lost face plenty of times in the past ... but they
> don't seem to be going away. Several years ago, they were caught doing
> some creative financing, their stock went down temporarily, now no one
> remembers that event. Several years ago, Microsoft beat them in some
> benchmarks, their stock went down temporarily, now no one remembers that
> event.
>
> Do you see a pattern here? Oracle, in spite of their shortcomings, has
> staying power. They have a powerful marketing team. At the rate that
> Oracle's "gradual decline" is occuring, it'll be the 22nd Century before
> I have to worry about my job.

This supports an opinion I had for some years; namely, that Oracle is the Micro$oft of database vendors. (It would explain why Gates and Ellison reportedly dislike each other; too much alike.)

-- 
Edward Lloyd Hillman
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Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 18:43:07 CST