Re: No future for DB2

Posted in 2005

Obnoxio The Clown — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:48:20 +0100 (BST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Bailo said: > > ibm_97@yahoo.com wrote: > >> I completely agree. No future for DB2, at all. > > IBM created the World's Chess Champion. > > If they want to make DB2 the world's database champion, they will do > so...with ease. Yes, they just want to give Oracle and SQL Server their time in the sun, don't they? -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche A smile is a gift that is free to the giver and precious to the recipient. But giving someone the finger is free too, and I find it more personal and sincere. sending to informix-list

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DA Morgan — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:08:58 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > John Bailo said: > >>ibm_97@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> >>>I completely agree. No future for DB2, at all. >> >>IBM created the World's Chess Champion. >> >>If they want to make DB2 the world's database champion, they will do >>so...with ease. > > > Yes, they just want to give Oracle and SQL Server their time in the sun, > don't they? The generosity and magnanimousness never cease to amaze. No doubt the failure of OS/2 was done as a humanitarian kindness to those poor starving billionaires in Redmond. -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)