RE: No future for DB2

rkusenet wrote: > Here is an example which should be similar to buying a RDBMS tool: If you > are purchasing a car, will you go for a company > * whose market share is very low > * there are not enuf repair shops who can fix it at a reasonable cost > * there is always a fear that the manufacturer may discontinue the car > or the company may go belly up. I own a Honda Insight, thank you very much. Market share is low Not enuf repair shops beyond dealer Fear car may be discontinued. It sure makes me smile when I pass the gas stations where all the SUV and such go every other day or so and I gas up about 1/month. I can control what I pay for the car, the maint cost, but I can not control cost of gas.... At nearly 60 mpg.... I'll take my Honda Insight over the market favorites. Informix is my database for many of those same reasons... Market share low... who cares market share does not impress me. (wasn't so long ago, and maybe still true that Assembler programs can pull in a good paycheck. This of course is more difficult if one is not very mobile)... Not enuf repair shops...... wrong... you need to know where to look. Good and trusty repair shops are hard to find whether there are many repair shops or not. Fear may be discontinued...... nope, not per IBM... ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================ sending to informix-list