Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.
Date: 15 Sep 2003 13:46:15 -0700
Message-ID: <7fdee71c.0309151246.213147a3_at_posting.google.com>
"Mark A" <ma_at_switchboard.net> wrote in message news:<Os_8b.10$QG5.7699_at_news.uswest.net>...
> > In the UK, for sure "DB2" is very popular, because of all those mainframe
> > installations (and because every AS400 has DB2 USB installed on it whether
> > used or not). But in the UNIX/Linux/NT market DB2 UDB is a marginal
> player
> > by comparison with Oracle and particularly - as you say - the fast-growing
> > SQL Server.
> >
> Like I said, DB2 for Windows, Linux, and Unix is doing very well in the US.
> I am talking about new installations. Oracle still has a strong lead in
> terms of installed base on those platforms.
Think that's pretty much the picture in the UK too. There's certainly not a shortage of jobs.
DG Received on Mon Sep 15 2003 - 22:46:15 CEST