Fw: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

Well, I have 6 customers here in the US that have moved to Oracle or Sequel Server. 1 plans on moving to DB2 although that has not been cast in stone yet. There are others that are loosely considering their options. Not one of them has ever made mention of DB2. That is not to say they are not interested. The predominant view in this group is to stay put for now because its cheaper that way....for now. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Edelstein" <lsedels@us.ibm.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:37 Subject: Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle. > There you go again, Daniel ... twisting things around to make it sound like > you're right. > > Here is Neil's statement: > > "... Furthermore, in my experience (please name one, someone, if anyone knows of > one) I know not of a single such defector who is moving to > DB2. Oracle and SQL Server are the beneficiaries. So it doesn't really matter > what IBM *says*, the market perceives differently. And *that* is > what counts." > > My statement back to Neil was: > > "I disagree with your statement on Oracle and SQLServer gaining the Informix > customers. Perhaps you are in the UK, where there might be more of that. But I > have at least two customers in the NYC area who are moving to DB2 instead of > Oracle from Informix (two out of two Informix customers that I have, actually)." > > Another Daniel misrepresentation. Case closed. > > Larry Edelstein > > Daniel Morgan wrote: > > > Larry Edelstein wrote: > > > > ><snipped> > > > > > >I disagree with your statement on Oracle and SQLServer gaining the Informix > > >customers. > > > > > ><snipped> > > > > > > > > I would be fascinated to know on what basis you disagree. > > > > Every student that applies to my class (and these are not 20 year olds > > ... all have a minimum CS degree and almost all at > > least 10 years industry experience) must submit a letter explaining why > > they have registered for the class and a resume > > with their background: Do you think almost 1/3 of them, this year, are > > lying? > > > > You are welcome to disagree on subjective matters such as who was > > better, Mozart of Bach. But on what basis do you > > feel you can disagree on a matter where there is an answer that is > > objectively correct? > > > > -- > > 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) > sending to informix-list