Re: informix market share

Posted in 2005

Bob Jones — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:33:21 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

>> How many of those customers have IBM converted to DB2 after 5 years? Has >> the return justified the cost? Looking back from today, it does not >> appear so. > > IBM's $1b is quite well spent if you take into account all this. > Good database engineers, proven technology of Informix > which can be fast-tracked into Db2 without reinventing > the wheel. Just wait until Viper is out. > It won't matter if all this does not translate into market share.