Re: IBM's market share in databases on unix

dba6319@gmail.com wrote: > And I thought professional whiners in cdi claim that Oracle is > more than IBM + Microsoft combined after IBM took over Informix. > > Taken from today's WSJ article > > > Larry Ellison, chief executive of software giant Oracle Corp., has > recently suggested his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems-a > major player in Unix servers-will spell trouble for IBM. But IBM > executives say the Power7 announcement > only ensures their market-share lead in the Unix market; IDC, a > research firm, says IBM's share of the market for Unix systems has > swelled to 39% today from 25% > in 2003. Apples and pears/oranges. You're comparing _databases_ on Unix (or rather DBMS's) with _hardware_ platforms running Unix. -- Jeroen