Re: Market Share -Reply

In reponse to Perry's response Oracle is not as expensive as it used to be. In fact when we priced out informix and oracle , oracle was cheaper becuase we did not want the host based tools which we were required to get with Informix's minimium developer license counts. Whether we used it or not we had to buy 4 developer licenses for informix. Sybase was also very close in price. So the market share numbers maynot be such a bad proxy for the number of licenses. Phil Mead HANYS Services Inc }>>>>>>>>> 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 l>icense'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.