Re: IBM and Oracle - Let's Rrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuumbbbbbbbbbbleeeeeeee

Posted in 2007

DA Morgan — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:02:51 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Bill Martinez wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: > >> In other words ... we don't know anything more than we did before we >> read this. >> >> But for those who have to pay their mortgage and feed their families >> the only metrics that matter are those that can be found at: >> www.dice.com. >> >> As of 6 May, 2007: >> ========================= >> DB2 3,419 8.9% >> Informix 452 1.2% >> Oracle 17,861 46.7% >> SQL Server 14,171 37.0% >> Sybase 2,355 6.2% >> ========================= >> >> If these aren't the numbers you're looking at you aren't paying >> attention to putting the kids through college and your retirement. > > Are these market share figures? Available paying jobs. My criteria and the one I would suggest that should be adopted by DBAs, developers, and SysAdmins. If there are no jobs then I'd rather be on my boat. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org

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Jack Parker — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:50:52 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I think it's safe to say that we would all rather you be on your boat. j. -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org]On Behalf Of DA Morgan Available paying jobs. My criteria and the one I would suggest that should be adopted by DBAs, developers, and SysAdmins. If there are no jobs then I'd rather be on my boat. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org