RE: Informix marketplace stats?

Marv writes: |> 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. Oracle has no equivalent of CISAM or SE, both of which are significantly lower in price than Oracle's server. So it's rather difficult to determine much of anything significant from such numbers (other than perhaps that Larry Ellison is making a lot of money). Dave Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this message are not those of Informix Software, its partners or lackeys. Anyone who says otherwise is itching for a fight. **************************************************************************** "I look back with some satisfaction on what an idiot I was when I was 25, but when I do that, I'm assuming I'm no longer an idiot." - Andy Rooney