Re: informix market share

rkusenet said: > > "Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:438A4E7C.6020000@comcast.net... >> rkusenet wrote: >> >>> >>> Mark, >>> To get the context of 5.8%, please read my earlier >>> reponse here >>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.informix/browse_frm/thread/23efaf53d18c215b/e5fa01410ec60ad1#e5fa01410ec60ad1 >>> >>> SQL Server's share is around 19% overall, but an awesome 60% >>> in Windows. So to get the right prespective, I think one should >>> mention that. >>> >> >> I did read it, I was in fact pointing out that I think your selection of >> market size is flawed. >> I don't see how you can exclude Windows, its the largest market for all >> of the vendors, >> including Informix (I presume); and to provide comparable numbers to the >> other vendor's reported >> numbers in the article you posted, you need to take the whole market. > > You do have a point. ...but if he combs his hair differently, no-one would see it. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com sending to informix-list