Path: imp.nntpserver.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 21:40:07 +1000 From: Noons Organization: Noonovyabizzness User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.ibm-db2,comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: database market share 2003 References: <2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de> <40bb409a$0$3032$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <40bc666e$0$8990$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <6%1vc.13554$eU6.2663127@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> <40bdc2b6$0$31676$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <1Qtvc.36675$eU6.8242463@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> <40bee9ae$0$31678$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <5JGvc.659814$Ig.278119@pd7tw2no> <73e20c6c.0406031558.18787583@posting.google.com> <91884734.0406041437.7d2f40c4@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 Message-ID: <40c30297$0$1586$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.30.91.186 X-Trace: 1086522007 1586 211.30.91.186 Xref: newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com comp.databases.informix:105995 comp.databases.ibm-db2:86217 comp.databases.oracle.server:220059 Mark A allegedly said,on my timestamp of 5/06/2004 8:50 AM: > because of that. The Oracle market share has been dropping, especially on > new installations, as MS and IBM have improved their DBMS products. and that, quite frankly, is good in my book. At last, some serious competition. It might get Larry's feet back to earth for a change. (I mean, the Oracle Larry, not the one from this thread!). -- Cheers Nuno Souto wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam