Re: informix market share

Posted in 2005

JEDIDIAH — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:32:16 -0600 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.databases.oracle.server.] On 2005-11-27, rkusenet <rkusenet@yahoo.com> wrote: > > "xiaoxin" <lixiaoxinwb@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1133132461.988551.14130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... >>> The market share for Informix was about 5% in 2004, down 1% from 2003. >> Any links to support your figure? > > check this post > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.informix/browse_frm/thread/4a450c920bbca6f3/f79b304206e42a46?lnk=st&q=insubject%3Amarket+insubject%3Ashare+insubject%3A2003&rnum=1&hl=en#f79b304206e42a46 > > It talks about market share in 2003. > > Here is how the market share of Informix was reached. > > In 2003, total license sales of RDBMS on Unix/Linux was 2.34 billion dollars. > Informix's share was 140 million. That makes it 5.98%. > > Flame: RDBMS on Windows amounted to 2.79 billion. > That means database sell more on windows than on Unix. > So much for MS being crap in OS. So? Microsoft can now put up a big red sign that says: "Billions and Billions served". -- Negligence will never equal intent, no matter how you attempt to distort reality to do so. This is what separates ||| the real butchers from average Joes (or Fritzes) caught up in / | \\ events not in their control. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com