Re: IBM's market share in databases on unix
Mark A noted an article on IBM's UNIX market share referred to hardware sales, not database sales, since Oracle now owned Sun. Superboer hoped Oracle would keep Sun alive and IBM would promote Informix more. Ian Michael Gumby said IBM was neglecting more than services; John Carlson said one can dream. No technical answer.
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<dba6319@gmail.com> wrote in message news:hkp8uu0v3@drn.newsguy.com... > And I thought professional whiners in cdi claim that Oracle is > more than IBM + Microsoft combined after IBM took over Informix. > > Taken from today's WSJ article > > Larry Ellison, chief executive of software giant Oracle Corp., has > recently > suggested his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, a major player in > Unix > servers, will spell trouble for IBM. But IBM executives say the Power7 > announcement > only ensures their market-share lead in the Unix market; IDC, a research > firm, > says IBM's share of the market for Unix systems has swelled to 39% today > from > 25% > in 2003. The article is referring to hardware sales for UNIX servers, not database sales. Oracle is now in the hardware business by virtue of its purchase of Sun Microsystems.
> The article is referring to hardware sales for UNIX servers, not database > sales. Oracle is now in the hardware business by virtue of its purchase of > Sun Microsystems. that is really good and i sure hope obstacle will keep sun alive and kicks ibm in the ass. for ibm this should be yet another wakeup call to promote all they've got including informix so they can nuke obstacle; they better promote/benchmark informix so they can nuke obstacle......... Superboer. btw i doubt that the ibm wakes up....
LOL... The day the EU granted Oracle the right to close the deal with Sun was yet another nail in IBM's coffin. IBM seems to have forgotten that they are more than just a 'services' company. For IBM to be successful they need to hit on all cylinders. It will take a couple of years for this simple fact to sink in. > From: superboer7@t-online.de > Subject: Re: IBM's market share in databases on unix > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:00:00 -0800 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > The article is referring to hardware sales for UNIX servers, not database > > sales. Oracle is now in the hardware business by virtue of its purchase of > > Sun Microsystems. > > > that is really good and i sure hope obstacle will keep sun alive and > kicks ibm in the ass. > for ibm this should be yet another wakeup call to promote all they've > got including informix > so they can nuke obstacle; they better promote/benchmark informix so > they can nuke > obstacle......... > > > Superboer. > > btw i doubt that the ibm wakes up.... > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/
Superboer wrote: >> The article is referring to hardware sales for UNIX servers, not database >> sales. Oracle is now in the hardware business by virtue of its purchase of >> Sun Microsystems. > > > that is really good and i sure hope obstacle will keep sun alive and > kicks ibm in the ass. > for ibm this should be yet another wakeup call to promote all they've > got including informix > so they can nuke obstacle; they better promote/benchmark informix so > they can nuke > obstacle......... > > > Superboer. > > btw i doubt that the ibm wakes up.... > One can dream, though. JWC