Re: SAP buys Sybase .. but why?

Posted in 2010

Obnoxio The Clown — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:10:12 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Sigh. > > Ok... if you follow the rumors, prior to the IBM buy, SAP had also > wanted to buy Informix. > (There was a run up on the stock price, but someone said that the board > didn't want to sell to a foreign company... Not that I put too much > stock in the rumor.) > > The reason why SAP wants to buy Sybase is simple. They don't have an > "in-house" database and well IBM can only offer up DB2. And we saw just > how many customers want SAP on DB2. > > So when a customer is interested in SAP, they look at Microsoft or > Oracle. If they are too large for Microsoft, you now are handing a lead > over to Oracle since they sell their own series of products. (Oracle > Financials, PeopleSoft, JDE, etc ...) So why introduce your competitor > in to your sale? (You can thank Janet P for that one ...) > > > Its really that simple and I'm amazed that El Reg couldn't figure that > one out. > > But man, they are paying a premium. They'd be better off taking a forked > version of MySQL or Postgres and bringing it in house. > > But hey! What do I know? http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb Clearly, very fucking little indeed. -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com I will now proceed to pleasure myself with this fish. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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Christian Knappke — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:50:34 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Am 17.05.2010 14:10 schrieb Obnoxio The Clown: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> Sigh. >> >> Ok... if you follow the rumors, prior to the IBM buy, SAP had also >> wanted to buy Informix. >> (There was a run up on the stock price, but someone said that the >> board didn't want to sell to a foreign company... Not that I put too >> much stock in the rumor.) >> >> The reason why SAP wants to buy Sybase is simple. They don't have an >> "in-house" database and well IBM can only offer up DB2. And we saw >> just how many customers want SAP on DB2. >> >> So when a customer is interested in SAP, they look at Microsoft or >> Oracle. If they are too large for Microsoft, you now are handing a >> lead over to Oracle since they sell their own series of products. >> (Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, JDE, etc ...) So why introduce your >> competitor in to your sale? (You can thank Janet P for that one ...) >> >> >> Its really that simple and I'm amazed that El Reg couldn't figure that >> one out. >> >> But man, they are paying a premium. They'd be better off taking a >> forked version of MySQL or Postgres and bringing it in house. >> But hey! What do I know? > > http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb > > Clearly, very fucking little indeed. Thank you for jumping in with this little hint. Alas, I had used other words ... To get on topic again - why SAP is going to buy Sybase: it's not the database: http://www.sap.com/about/newsroom/press.epx?pressid=13202 Best Regards Christian