RE: Informix marketplace stats?

>> >> Can anyone tell me the marketplace position of the Informix Database? >> I'm doing some research, and any numbers like Gross sales, total units >> sold, or even a guess-ta-mate of how much data is stored world wide would >> help! Thanks. >> >> Please e-mail me here, or my other address: >> Maulf@halcyon.com >> >I, and I'm sure others, wouldn't mind hearing these myself(/ourselves - or >is that a 'royal'?). After all what have we tied into? > >cheers >j. >___________________________________________________________________________ __ >Jack Parker | "And you know >Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| that you're over the hill, >jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | when your mind makes a promise... The 1992 IDC (a leading market researcher) figures for the Worldwide Unix RDBMS market show the market share (based on revenues) as follows: - Oracle 44% - Informix 18% - Sybase 12% - Ingres 9% - Others 17% Informix frequently claims to be the #1 Unix RDBMS. This may be true based on number of units sold. I believe Informix average revenue per unit is lower than Oracle, which may explain the fact that we have two "#1" RDBMSs. Regards, Marv Richardson Technology Network SHL Systemhouse Inc.