Re: database market share 2003

Posted in 2004

Ian — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:27:46 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Mark Townsend wrote: > >> If one submitts an article to IDUG or DBM Tech it is _mandatory_ to >> clarify the applicability in the title if a talk is not cross-platform. > > > Here are session titles from this years IDUG Conferences - very few of > them cross platform, and not a single one with any sign of platform > applicability. I guess we need to differ of what _mandatory_ means as well. > You're being disingenuous. Here's the information for 2 of these sessions (from www.idug.org). D1: DB2 UDB V8 : Exploiting it's New Advancements in High Availability Matt Huras IBM Toronto Lab Audience Experience: Intermediate,Advanced Presentation Platform: DB2 for Linux, UNIX, Windows Start: 10:30 AM End: 11:40 AM Room: Crystal C-D Or: G1: Query Optimization for Large Tables in V8 Terry Purcell IBM Silicon Valley Lab Audience Experience: Intermediate,Advanced Presentation Platform: DB2 for z/OS Start: 10:30 AM End: 11:40 AM Room: Grand IX & X It's pretty clear to me which platform each presentation is for. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

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Mark Townsend — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 16:08:52 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Ian wrote: > Mark Townsend wrote: > >> >>> If one submitts an article to IDUG or DBM Tech it is _mandatory_ to >>> clarify the applicability in the title if a talk is not cross-platform. >> >> >> >> Here are session titles from this years IDUG Conferences - very few of >> them cross platform, and not a single one with any sign of platform >> applicability. I guess we need to differ of what _mandatory_ means as >> well. >> > > You're being disingenuous. > Well, only slightly. You really can't tell from the titles, as Serge postulated was a mandatory requirement. And even with a seperate categorization, some papers do seem to be mis-categorized, which I'm sure is just finger trouble C1: DB2 UDB Internals for Administrators : Complete with V8 Details Matt Huras , IBM Toronto Lab Speaker: Matt Huras, IBM Toronto Lab Full Abstract: This presentation will give administrators the key information they need to most effectively manage their installations. It will provide the inside scoop on how DB2 on the UNIX, Windows and Linux platforms works internally. Special focus will be given to the new features in V8, including: type 2 indexes, multi-dimensional clustering, the connection concentrator, null/default compression, dynamic memory tuning, widened 64-bit support, and other V8 features. Presentation Platform: Cross Platform What is interesting is that at the Orlando event there are 82 papers marked as OS/390, 53 as LUW(Ser), and 61 as Cross Platform. Do the iSeries folk get their own conference, just not travel, or just not care ? So how much of the original market share numbers were attributable to the iSeries platform again ?