Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?
From: michael newport <michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2004 08:16:07 -0700
Message-ID: <63b202d.0410270716.2fb0d46c_at_posting.google.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2004 08:16:07 -0700
Message-ID: <63b202d.0410270716.2fb0d46c_at_posting.google.com>
> Linux, Apache and PHP are succesful because there is a strong developer
> and user community. Ingres doesn't have this, and making something
> OpenSource doesn't cause this community to automatically build.
> Linux in particular benefited from the focus companies like Oracle, IBM
> and others placed on it. The same level of focus is unlikely to happen
> for Ingres.
Companies focus on Linux because it is free. A huge advantage.
Oh and by the way Ingres is also free. Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 17:16:07 CEST