Fw: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

> The idea of using market share is blown way out of proportion. Other factors > being equal, would you not buy a Toyota over a Nissan if you found out that > Toyota had say 20% of the market and Nissan had 25%? Would you not buy a > Panasonic television over a Sony if you found out that Panasonic had a 30% > market share and Sony had a 25% share? The bottom line is you evaluate the > product on its merits ... you evaluate the suitability of the database to your > environment/applications ... you evaluate the vendor on its merits ... and you > make a decision. What you CARE about is not whether the market share of vendor A > is 3% more than vendor B ... Can I come and work for your company? These are all sound technical reasons for choosing a product. In my experience price has proved more of a deciding factor. Many, many times I have seen the technical people back one system only to have 'the deal' end up being the largest single factor in making the decision. sending to informix-list