Re: No future for DB2

I didn't know that Oracle replication was available on the standard edition. I thought that it was only available on the enterprise edition. Am I mistaken?

"Bob Jones" <email_at_me.not> wrote in message news:YYfHe.192$fJ1.130_at_newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> > That's not the point. One of your complaints about DB2 was that
> > Replication costs $. It doesn't ... only on z/OS and i-series. So does
> > Oracle apparently.
> >
> > Larry E.
> >
> > Bob Jones wrote:
> >> Now, is z/OS Oracle's product or is it as open as UNIX, or even
Windows?
> >> Besides z/OS is not even a primary platform for Oracle, but it is for
> >> DB2.
> >>
> >>
> >>>And let me guess ... to replicate from Oracle on z/OS to a database on
> >>>LUW is free?
> >>>
> >>>Larry E.
> >>>
> >>>Bob Jones wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>>>No, partitioning is not included in DB2 Workgroup Edition. You can't
> >>>>>>even do simple replications in DB2 without purchasing a separate
> >>>>>>product.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>We have been discussing here primarily DB2 for Linux/UNIX/Windows
> >>>>>right? This is not true. Replication is included free-of-charge with
> >>>>>DB2 WE and with DB2 ESE.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I am talking about replicating data from DB2 on z to DB2 on LUW.
> >>
> >>

>
> So DB2 on z/OS or iSeries is not DB2? I don't know where you read Oracle
> charges simple replication as a separate product on any platform. The fact
> that IBM is charging customers for simple replication with DB2 running on
> its own platforms is exactly my complain.
>
>