Re: Market share, integration with other products

graeme@pyra.co.uk (Graeme Sargent) writes: >In <1ttdu8INNggj@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> bryan@carsinfo.com (Bryan Klopfenstein) writes: >>>} sms@cocamrd.mel.cocam.oz.au (Steve Szalla) writes: >>>} >>>} >In article <C70oD4.vrM@hawnews.watson.ibm.com> alanb@vnet.ibm.com writes: >>>} >>I have seen articles where Informix claims that it has a larger market share on >>>} >>UNIX platforms that Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres. But then Oracle claims >>It all seemed simple enough to me.... >>Informix claims a larger market share *on*UNIX*platforms* and Oracle >>claims a larger market share *overall* (which I assume includes DEC's >>VMS or OpenVMS and perhaps other non-UNIX operating systems). >Whilst these statements are both undoubtedly true, the two datasets we >were presented with *both* *claimed* to be for UNIX shipments. The numbers you see represent the following: ORACLE x% of Unix marketshare based on dollar volume Informix x% of Unix marketshare based on number of licenses It is my understanding that if a customer has both an SE and an Online license then that counts as two licenses for Informix. I don't know if tools licenses count separately or not (i.e. does Wingz count as a separate license). Dave Dargo