Re: ORACLE'S FUTURE?

jeffk_at_garnet.msen.com (Jeff Kopmanis) writes:

>Doug Hewko (doug.hewko_at_synapse.org) wrote:
>: Is the role of ORACLE as a tool for database development expanding or
>: decreasing? I was informed by what I consider an authority on the
>: subject (a senior consultant in the data modelling division of the
>: Department of National Defence) that DB2 is the database program to
>: learn. So I am wondering if every ORACLE program will be converted to
>: DB2 or some other database program in the future? (I realize it won't
>: happen over night, but conversion techniques do exist.)
 

>I'd question your authority's interests. DB2 runs on OS/2 and mainframe
>hardware. Oracle will be around because of the dominance it has in the Unix
>world. The GOVERNMENT still runs on mainframes and would undoubtably
>benefit from DB2 becoming "the" standard. My question is...If DB2 is so
>great, why hasn't it taken off on other platforms since its introduction?

A product called DB2 runs on OS/2, the RS/6000 and MVS. Too bad they're different databases. As far as DB2 becoming the standard, it's also too bad for IBM that none of their databases fully adheres to FIPS 127-2, the government's current standard for SQL based databases. But then again, none of the IBM databases fully adhere to IBM's standards for SQL based databases.

Dave (ddargo_at_us.oracle.com) Received on Mon Mar 07 1994 - 05:49:37 CET