Re: Oracle and IBM -- Grudge Match

IDS has been on an appliance and is installable as an option on both the IBM and the Amazon clouds. The IDS Z-series appliance was announces at the same time as the DB2 based appliance. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) See you at the 2010 IIUG Informix Conference April 25-28, 2010 Overland Park (Kansas City), KS www.iiug.org/conf Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > The real embarassing part is that IDS will smoke them both. Which is why > IBM won't do an IDS benchmark. ;-) > (Aww now the secret is out. IBM doesn't want to start an internal war. ;-) > > Of course Oracle is now on an 'appliance'. DB2? Not there, nor is IDS. > > Maybe Jerry can get IBM to put IDS on the appliance instead of DB2... ;-) > > But hey! What do I know? My head is in the clouds. ;-) > > -G > > > > From: jwcarlson1@yahoo.com.invalid > > Subject: Oracle and IBM -- Grudge Match > > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:24:25 -0500 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > > > Didn't see that anyone posted this in the newsgroup. > > > > > http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/IBM-Snaps-Back-with-Response-to-Ellisons-Ignorant-Remarks-about-DB2-758156/ > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149883/Database_wars_IBM_Oracle_s_Ellison_trade_zingers > > > > > > Should I not be surprised? (sigh) > > > > JWC > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/>; > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > >