Re: Market Share

}>>>>>>>>> Perry's response to Tony Basoglu <<<<<<<<<< This clearly has nothing to do with how many companies use Oracle vs Sybase vs Informix. All it really proves is that Oracle is more expensive than the other databases. If you look at license's sold, I believe you will find Informix the leader. To me, more licenses means more people using it. Dollars are great, but not the end all to evaluating market share. } From: tbas@sybase.com (Tony Basoglu) } Subject: Re: Market Share } Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:53:58 GMT } To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } } tkyte@us.oracle.com (Thomas J Kyte) wrote: } } >To give you more information: } > } >Worldwide UNIX RDBMS 1994 Software License Revenue } > } >Oracle $1,010.2 42.5% } >Sybase 468.6 19.7% } >Informix 392.3 16.5% } >CA/Ingres 113.1 4.8% } > } I presume that the above numbers would include RDB installations as } well as Watcom SQL installations. } } I'm not trying to discredit the information, I'm sure they have done } their homework. I just want things clarified! } } I would hate for someone to infer that 42% of companies use oracle } while 19% use sybase-which in the context of the above numbers is } clearly incorrect. } } Regards, } TonyB } tbas@sybase.com } -perryd (Guru) ==================================================================== = Perry Dillard - Chief Architect Direct Dial: (206)517-6430 = = FourGen Software, Inc. FAX: (206)522-0054 = = FourGen Building Tech. Support: (800)444-3398 = = 115 NE 100th Street Sales: (800)333-4436 = = Seattle, W.A. 98125-8098 = = = = e-mail: perryd@fourgen.com Web Site http://www.fourgen.com = ====================================================================