Re: No future for DB2

From: Anton Versteeg <Anton_Versteeg_at_nnll.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:05:32 +0200
Message-ID: <42e89df6_1@news3.prserv.net>

Noons wrote:

> Anton Versteeg wrote:
>
>>The author forgets a couple of things:
>>DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers.
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> False as can be...
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>>(Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe)
>
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> Nevertheless, it RUNS on mainframes. Which makes your
> claim above totally false.
>

No since Oracle has zip marketshare on the mainframe, my statement is true, but to please you I will rephrase it to: DB2 is the only product that has proven it runs on the mainframe, midrange and PC and also sunstantial market share.

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>>There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product.
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> Size matters now? :)
>

yooo man :)

> Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2
> has got NO CHANCE of long term survival.
>

Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :)

-- 
Anton Versteeg
IBM Netherlands

Received on Thu Jul 28 2005 - 04:05:32 CDT