Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

Posted in 2003

Database Guy — 15 Sep 2003 13:46:15 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Mark A" <ma@switchboard.net> wrote in message news:<Os_8b.10$QG5.7699@news.uswest.net>... > > In the UK, for sure "DB2" is very popular, because of all those mainframe > > installations (and because every AS400 has DB2 USB installed on it whether > > used or not). But in the UNIX/Linux/NT market DB2 UDB is a marginal > player > > by comparison with Oracle and particularly - as you say - the fast-growing > > SQL Server. > > > Like I said, DB2 for Windows, Linux, and Unix is doing very well in the US. > I am talking about new installations. Oracle still has a strong lead in > terms of installed base on those platforms. Think that's pretty much the picture in the UK too. There's certainly not a shortage of jobs. DG