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From: owner-informix-list@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-informix-list@xxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Anton Versteeg
Sent: 27 July 2005 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: No future for DB2
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>>The author forgets a couple of things:
>>DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers.
>>(Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe)
>>There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product.
>>
>>The article is pure FUD.
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> Oracle does run on the host.
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> Mike
>I said it is non-existent, meaning that i haven't seen a customer using
it.
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>--
>Anton Versteeg
>IBM Netherlands
Re: How to determine database market share? ... with your meaningful contributions to to .oracle lists over the time ... It was not "Something about measuring database market penetration by ... > On the DB2 side, many of the people who are DB2 DBA's have been doing ... > On the SQL Server side, there are 2 questions involved, how many real ... (comp.databases.oracle.server)
Re: Migrating to Oracle on Windows ... I am looking into migrating a database from DB2 on z/OS to Oracle... essentially no excuse for moving to Windows,... The example I gave of migrating from DB2 on z/OS to Oracle on Windows ... (comp.databases.oracle.server)
Re: Adjusting to DB2 ... I guess "tier 1" is the escape clause which means that Oracle is not available on all platforms at the same time when a new release or fixpack is made available. ...DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is always simultaneously available for Every release and every fixpack on all it's supported platforms. ... Ports to new platforms (e.g. if IBM decided to support Apple) are possible within a few weeks and can occur at a servicepack level. ... (comp.databases.oracle.server)
Re: Would Oracle be considered? ... Thats good for Oracle users, but personally I wouldn't touch Oracle with a 10 foot pole. ... I think, there is no other database with such performance, scalability and security features. ... IBM last week announced a free version of its DB2 database aimed at attracting application developers who might have ...DB2 Express-C is available to customers and developers as a free download, ... (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
Cant connect to Oracle 9i when connected to DB2 ... We're having a strange problem with a number of perl scripts we use to ... verify the synchronization of an Oracle database with a DB2 database. ... If I first do DBI->connectto the Oracle 9i database, and then to DB2... (perl.dbi.users)
