Re: oracle has customers over a barrel

Posted in 2009

Noons — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:18:47 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Sep 11, 9:52 pm, Serge Rielau <srie...@ca.ibm.com> wrote: > > "Serge Rielau" <srie...@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message > >news:7guq1bF2r6kklU1@mid.individual.net... > >> DBA wrote: > >>>http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_38/b4147052120632.htm > >> There are those who bicker and those who act. > >> So many new friends these days. :-) > >>http://www.channeldb2.com/video/enabling-applications-from > > > DB2 supports Oracle SQL PL/SQL out of the box? > > Really? > > DB2 the mainframe database ...? > > DB2 9.7 for LUW, yes, not all of it, but enough to do "exception based" > tweaks rather than redesign. > In the coming fixpack we'll even do BULK COLLECT and FORRALL. > There is a developerworks article written by myself outlining what's > supported:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0907ora... > They still offering db2 for free to Oracle customers as well?

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Serge Rielau — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:55:51 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Noons wrote: > They still offering db2 for free to Oracle customers as well? No clue. I'm not in sales. Cheers Serge -- Serge Rielau SQL Architect DB2 for LUW IBM Toronto Lab

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Noons — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:42 +1000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Serge Rielau wrote,on my timestamp of 21/09/2009 8:55 AM: > Noons wrote: >> They still offering db2 for free to Oracle customers as well? > No clue. I'm not in sales. Over here they are.