Re: Is IBM actually doing something with IDS?

Obnoxio The Clown wrote:
Serge Rielau said:
Fred Pratt wrote:
IBM gives away DB2 in the form of DB2 Express C because DB2 is probably
not
usable for bread-and-butter apps (OLTP) without help from IBM support.
Strong words. Too strong to agree. But for an OLT app it's more likely
you need support for a DB2 app than for an IDS app.

The way this works is that each products aims to excel in their areas of
strength. DB2 for LUW's strength is in the warehouse and XML.

You say that, Serge, but isn't that just marketing spin because people
weren't buying DB2 for OLTP? If IBM hadn't bought Informix, they'd still
be desperately trying to convince people of the merits of SELECT FROM
INSERT cursors for OLTP.
What's marketing spin about acknowledging that IDS has OLTP strength and DB2 for LUW less so? If it were marketing spin it wouldn't be true. Now saying that would sure get me in trouble here. ;-)

Do you mean SELECT * FROM NEW TABLE(INSERT INTO ...)?
What has that harmless statement done to you to gain your wrath?

Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab
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