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

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Martin Doherty 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.

I'm continually fascinated at how DB2 has the market share that it does. In my experience with SQL Server, Oracle and DB2, I've found DB2 to be by far the most poorly engineered product of the lot (including Microsoft SQL Server). The company I work for made the poor choice of going with DB2 and we've had nothing but headaches since day one, despite having two "certified" DBAs at our disposal. Somehow, with competition like this, I don't think Oracle will be left behind... Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 21:28:53 CST