Fw: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

Posted in 2003

Mark Denham — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:21:17 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> DB2 is good on Unix, Linux, and Windows also. DBA's don't like DB2 because > it takes fewer of them to operate > Being king of complexity, all RDBMS require fewer DBA's than Oracle..... I don't think that is necessarily the reason for disliking DB2. I think there are probably many different reasons. I would suspect that being a Big Blue product could be high on the list. Mark sending to informix-list

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Obnoxio The Clown — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:02:51 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Mark Denham wrote: >> DB2 is good on Unix, Linux, and Windows also. DBA's don't like DB2 >> because it takes fewer of them to operate >> > I don't think that is necessarily the reason for disliking DB2. I think > there are probably many different reasons. You might think that I couldn't possibly comment. -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche

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Neil Truby — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:08:05 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Mark Denham" <mkdenham@comcast.net> wrote in message news:bjssua$s88$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > > DB2 is good on Unix, Linux, and Windows also. DBA's don't like DB2 because > > it takes fewer of them to operate > > > Being king of complexity, all RDBMS require fewer DBA's than Oracle..... > > I don't think that is necessarily the reason for disliking DB2. I think > there are probably many different reasons. I would suspect that being a Big > Blue product could be high on the list. This goes back to an argument of a few months ago. My personal experience is that there is some of this sentiment about: "IBM has made Informix non-viable for me: I'm sure as hell not going to use DB2". Others - Andrew Hamm? - would have us believe that customers are more mature than that. (Some of mine aren't!).

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Obnoxio The Clown — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:33:43 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > "Mark Denham" <mkdenham@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:bjssua$s88$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... >> >> > DB2 is good on Unix, Linux, and Windows also. DBA's don't like DB2 > because >> > it takes fewer of them to operate >> > >> Being king of complexity, all RDBMS require fewer DBA's than Oracle..... >> >> I don't think that is necessarily the reason for disliking DB2. I think >> there are probably many different reasons. I would suspect that being a > Big >> Blue product could be high on the list. > > This goes back to an argument of a few months ago. My personal experience > is that there is some of this sentiment about: "IBM has made Informix > non-viable for me: I'm sure as hell not going to use DB2". Others - > Andrew Hamm? - would have us believe that customers are more mature than > that. (Some of mine aren't!). Yeah, I just saw three Australian pigs fly past my window. -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche