Re: Market share, integration with other products

In <dave.738432815@base> dave@us.oracle.com (Dave Dargo) writes: >The numbers you see represent the following: > ORACLE x% of Unix marketshare based on dollar volume > Informix x% of Unix marketshare based on number of > licenses >It is my understanding that if a customer has both an SE and an >Online license then that counts as two licenses for Informix. I >don't know if tools licenses count separately or not (i.e. does >Wingz count as a separate license). But since (if my memory serves me right) the original question was "Who has the largest *INSTALLED BASE*?" this revenue stuff is all a bit off the point. It seems to me that the answer must definitely be Informix, since they are not only shipping more UNIX licenses per year (or at least they were until >'91) but they have been doing it in significant quantities for a lot longer. Mind you, nobody knows how many of them are no longer in use! graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.