Re: database market share 2003
Not a technical problem thread at all: it's a discussion sparked by a 2003 database market-share news article showing database sales on Windows exceeding Unix. Posters debate why, with claims that Windows is the only OS running all major databases (SQL Server being Windows-only), counterpoints that MySQL also runs on Windows (as binary and VC++ source), argument over whether free MySQL counts as a 'major' player, and notes that Oracle, DB2 and Sybase all have mature Windows products. No question is posed and no resolution is recorded.
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"rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de... > http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040526/tech_database_marketshare_1.html > > Interesting to see that database sales for windows is more than > Unix. > Windows is the only operating system that supports all of the major databases. MS SQL Server only runs on Windows.
Oh, does MySQL run on Windows? Mark A wrote: > "rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de... > >>http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040526/tech_database_marketshare_1.html >> >>Interesting to see that database sales for windows is more than >>Unix. >> > > Windows is the only operating system that supports all of the major > databases. MS SQL Server only runs on Windows. > >
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.databases.oracle.server.] On 2004-05-27, Blair Adamache <badamache@2muchspam.yahoo.com> wrote: > Oh, does MySQL run on Windows? MySQL should run on any OS that can support the GNU toolchain. This includes Win32. This probably includes QNX and the like. > > Mark A wrote: > >> "rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> news:2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de... >> >>>http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040526/tech_database_marketshare_1.html >>> >>>Interesting to see that database sales for windows is more than >>>Unix. >>> >> >> Windows is the only operating system that supports all of the major >> databases. MS SQL Server only runs on Windows. >> >> > -- The public has a right to free music. It's part of the bargain that was originally made with musicians and publishers. It's time that the ||| debate was shifted to reflect that. Robber Barons and their Toadies / | \\ are distracting us from the original facts of the situation.
"Blair Adamache" <badamache@2muchspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:c95bfd$e16$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com... > Oh, does MySQL run on Windows? > I don't consider MySQL to be one of the major databases in terms of market share, especially since it is freeware. I suppose from IBM's point of view it is considered to be competition.
Blair Adamache wrote: > Oh, does MySQL run on Windows? > > Mark A wrote: > >> "rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> news:2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de... >> >>> http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040526/tech_database_marketshare_1.html >>> >>> Interesting to see that database sales for windows is more than >>> Unix. >>> >> >> Windows is the only operating system that supports all of the major >> databases. MS SQL Server only runs on Windows. >> >> > We could argue if it's a major player or not... But we can't argue that it's available for windows as both a binary distribution and also as source code for VC++ 6.0: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html Regards.
Well, given the market share a freeware operating system has achieved, who knows? Mark A wrote: > "Blair Adamache" <badamache@2muchspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:c95bfd$e16$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com... > >>Oh, does MySQL run on Windows? >> > > I don't consider MySQL to be one of the major databases in terms of market > share, especially since it is freeware. I suppose from IBM's point of view > it is considered to be competition. > >
Its been proven that Microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop. So there's definitely a market need for RDBMS that run on Windows. Considering that the bulk of the RDBMSs and their applications are small and straight forward, you could run them on a windows server. So it should be no shock that you will see all major vendors writing for that platform. Mark A wrote: > "rkusenet" <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:2hmh03Fdir3uU1@uni-berlin.de... > >>http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040526/tech_database_marketshare_1.html >> >>Interesting to see that database sales for windows is more than >>Unix. >> > > Windows is the only operating system that supports all of the major > databases. MS SQL Server only runs on Windows. > >
"nobody" <nobody@devnull.org> wrote in message news:40B7A5F4.2090804@devnull.org... > Its been proven that Microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop. So there's > definitely a market need for RDBMS that run on Windows. > > Considering that the bulk of the RDBMSs and their applications are small > and straight forward, you could run them on a windows server. > > So it should be no shock that you will see all major vendors writing for > that platform. > Both Oracle and DB2 have mature DBMS products that run on Windows.
Mark A wrote: > "nobody" <nobody@devnull.org> wrote in message > news:40B7A5F4.2090804@devnull.org... > >>Its been proven that Microsoft has a monopoly on the desktop. So there's >>definitely a market need for RDBMS that run on Windows. >> >>Considering that the bulk of the RDBMSs and their applications are small >>and straight forward, you could run them on a windows server. >> >>So it should be no shock that you will see all major vendors writing for >>that platform. >> > > Both Oracle and DB2 have mature DBMS products that run on Windows. As, it should be noted, does Sybase. -- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)