RE: Excellent future for DB2

Dirk wrote: >>On a server, just give me Unix - what a powerful operating system - >>simple, stable, powerful ...... and I hope it still has a very long >>future ahead of it rkusenet wrote: > Here is an example which should be similar to buying a RDBMS tool: >If you are purchasing a car, will you go for a company > * whose market share is very low > * there are not enuf repair shops who can fix it at a reasonable cost > * there is always a fear that the manufacturer may discontinue the car or the company may go belly up. Well, I guess that settles it.... UNIX is not a car company ;) I bet there's not many of us who, unless forced, would trade our unix systems in for systems that fit the car company criteria. RDBMSs and OSs are not cars I knew there was a reason I did so well in school.... ;) ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================ sending to informix-list