RE: More news from IBM: DB2 re-emerges as a hybrid server
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hamilton, Jerry [mailto:hamiltoj@fleishman.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:43 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: More news from IBM: DB2 re-emerges as a hybrid server > > > I thought it had something to do with DB2 running on Ethanol. No, that would make it a flex-fuel database. A hybrid runs on both gas and stored battery power. This must mean that DB2 9 runs on battery power when it's idling. Interesting Faux-fact: Baldwin Locomotive works produced an experimental hybrid engine in 1893. It would run on coal fired steam until it arrived at a station, when it would idle on giant rubber bands. The experiment went rather badly wrong when the rubber band melted. --EEM > > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Double Echo > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:34 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: More news from IBM: DB2 re-emerges as a hybrid server > > François Dénommée wrote: > > Read in the last current issue of DataTrends: > > > > "* DB2 re-emerges as a hybrid server > > By Kathleen Richards > > > > IBM's 5-year development of the DB2 9 data server may offer technology > > that was worth the wait. In particular, DB2 9 can handle relational > > and native XML data, allowing DBAs to query across relational and > > non-relational data repositories at high performance rates using SQL, > > XQuery or XPath at the user interface. This hybrid capability-if it > > performs as promised in real world applications-has positive > > implications for data management, integration and service-oriented > > architectures. > > > > For the rest of this article, please go to: > > http://info.101com.com/default.asp?id=27717 > > " > > Thanks! Great article. Good to see how they are bringing the product > forward. Looks like the DB2 marketing department has lined up people to > talk about the product in the trade magazines and the press. Very good > strategy for the product line. Didn't notice that the author had anything > to do with the DB2 user community, but I guess it doesn't really matter, > they got some press going. > > > > > Nothing about informix > > > > It _was_ a DB2 article, hard to understand why they would talk about > Informix. > > > Francois > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list