Re: market share numbers

From: Bryan Warfield <Bryan.Warfield_at_DAL.frb.org>
Date: 1997/07/08
Message-ID: <33C29D06.6E7A_at_DAL.frb.org>#1/1

Brian Fennell wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I am looking for some hard numbers on who has how much market share
> in the RDBMS market.
>
> I need this for a proposal, so I really need to be able to
> quote a source (and back it up).
>
> I have read, variously, that the top contenders are
> Oracle
> IBM
> Microsoft
> Sybase
> Informix
> (etc)
>
> Can you point me to an objective source?
>
> (Please reply via e-mail to Fenn_at_PepBoys.com Is I do not
> usually read this group.)
>
> Brian Fennell

The current issue of Information Week (my issue is at home so don't have the exact date) cites a source saying Oracle currently has 44% world market share (the largest), FWIW. Bryan

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Bryan Warfield Certified Oracle DBA Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas voice: 214-922-5873 E-mail: Bryan.Warfield_at_DAL.frb.org Received on Tue Jul 08 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST