IBM's market share in databases on unix

And I thought professional whiners in cdi claim that Oracle is more than IBM + Microsoft combined after IBM took over Informix. Taken from today's WSJ article Larry Ellison, chief executive of software giant Oracle Corp., has recently suggested his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems'a major player in Unix servers'will spell trouble for IBM. But IBM executives say the Power7 announcement only ensures their market-share lead in the Unix market; IDC, a research firm, says IBM's share of the market for Unix systems has swelled to 39% today from 25% in 2003.

dba6319@gmail.com wrote: > And I thought professional whiners in cdi claim that Oracle is > more than IBM + Microsoft combined after IBM took over Informix. > > Taken from today's WSJ article > > > Larry Ellison, chief executive of software giant Oracle Corp., has recently > suggested his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems—a major player in Unix > servers—will spell trouble for IBM. But IBM executives say the Power7 > announcement > only ensures their market-share lead in the Unix market; IDC, a research firm, > says IBM's share of the market for Unix systems has swelled to 39% today from > 25% > in 2003. I read that as hardware has grown from 25% to 39%. And frankly, I'm surprised it's not more, given that IBM is really the only mainstream big-iron Unix left. -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com I will now proceed to pleasure myself with this fish. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.