Re: database market share 2003

Daniel Morgan wrote: > Jean-David Beyer wrote: > >> Daniel Morgan wrote (in part): >> >>> So I'll try the statement again ... I ... that means mean personally, in >>> 35 years in this industry ... seen DB2 on Windows in any organization >>> that didn't have DB2 also on another IBM platform such as a mainframe >>> or AS400. >>> >>> I can not be wrong about my personal experience. >>> >> Could it be that people smart enough to select DB2 are smart enough to >> select an OS other than Windows? ;-) > > > I would certainly hope so. That was certainly my experience when > I worked with DB2. Yet somewhere back a few days ago in this thead > someone was trying to make the case for DB2's great success on the > Windows platform. Why I can't imagine. Putting DB2, or for that > matter Oracle, Informix, or Sybase on Windows to me means that you > don't need to be up 7x24 and accept the fact that the machine will > be down frequently for patching and virus fighting (caveat: unless > you are one of those people that believes firewalls are fool proof). > There is a foolproof firewall, but i am not using it. That is the firewall that is a block of wood or plastic with two dummy RJ-45 connectors on it. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\\ Registered Machine 241939. /( )\\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 08:35:00 up 8 days, 15:50, 4 users, load average: 4.09, 4.09, 4.06