Re: Note to Kate...

Posted in 2009

Captain Pedantic — Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:45:39 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Wikking" <Wik.King!@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:gmd8re$gag$3@news.motzarella.org... > thom.wanker@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Think whatever you like. Fact is, the product is here to stay and its > growth is outperforming other rdbms systems. But how do you know this?

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Wikking — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:27:17 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Captain Pedantic wrote: > "Wikking" <Wik.King!@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:gmd8re$gag$3@news.motzarella.org... >> thom.wanker@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > >> Think whatever you like. Fact is, the product is here to stay and its >> growth is outperforming other rdbms systems. > > But how do you know this? <CRICKETS> -- }(:

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Ian Michael Gumby — Thu, 5 Feb 2009 05:55:14 -0800 (PST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Feb 5, 3:45 am, "Captain Pedantic" <theharlequi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Wikking" <Wik.Ki...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:gmd8re$gag$3@news.motzarella.org... > > > thom.wan...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > Think whatever you like. Fact is, the product is here to stay and its > > growth is outperforming other rdbms systems. > > But how do you know this? Ah, that's the rub, isn't it. He doesn't. When confronted, he admits that no one does outside of the senior execs in SWG. But the interesting number that is known and isn't talked about... the number of MIPS licensed for DB2 and IMS. ;-)