Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

> > > > Hi anyone who's interested in my two bytes, > > > > I am no happier about IBM buying out Informix than anyone else is, but the > > possibility of takeovers (friendly or otherwise) > > by larger, deeper-pocketed companies is -- like it or not -- a part of > > our "free market" economy. > > > > If IBM's eventual purpose is to use Informix as a corral in which to herd > > up new DB2 customers, there's not a lot any of us > > can do, unfortunately. > > No, we techies can't. > But customers can resist. And in my observation, they are. > Customers yes, that is IT managers are make those decisions. IBM sales reps wanted to replace Informix with DB2. Management said no. In fact, they think of DB2 as that mainframe database and the mainframe is that system we are moving away from. IBM never pushed Informix. So, next year I'm expecting IBM's loss will be Oracle's gain.