Re: No future for DB2

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:06:23 +0100, Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> wrote: >John Carlson wrote: > >> On 27 Jul 2005 18:45:45 -0700, "bka" <badamache@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >>>>>If only IBM already had a database product hugely respected in the UNIX >>>>>market, and in fact designed specifically *for* that market, eh? >>> >>>4 in the top 9, including #1: >>> >>>http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster&version=5&currencyID=0 >>> >>>Cheapest Linux result: >>> >>>http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_price_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all&version=5&currencyID=1 >>> >>>17 of 42 results are DB2, including 4 of 5 first place results: >>> >>>http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=&version=2 >>> >>>Seems like the DB2 design gives decent performance on UNIX, Linix and >>>Windows. >> >> >> Which brings up a sore point for me . . . . >> >> WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THE INFORMIX TPC BENCHMARKS? I get really sick >> and tired of hearing "it costs too much to do that". Right, wrong, or >> indifferent, if would be good to hear how Informix 10.00 stacks up >> against the 'big boys'. >> >> JWC >> > >My understanding is some are being done OK Paul, don't play with (what's left of) my mind . . . .really? JWC