Re: Market Share

} } chuckm@informix.com (Chuck Miller) wrote: } } >Tom, } } >How much does Oracle pay you to monitor this E-mail address and } >infuse it with propaganda. } } What do you mean. } } Watch the thread. } } -> Q: What are the market shares of informix,oracle, sybase, ingress } (cross posted to many groups including } comp.databases.theory,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle, } comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.ingres) } -> Dave Watson (Informix) gives way wrong numbers without any source } -> I post 1995 IDC numbers straight out of the book } -> Yah, well Informix says to count licenses } -> I respond Yah well, lets look at licenses.... } Hmmmmm } } A.) didn't quite have to 'monitor' this News Group to find this one } B.) posted factual information anyone can get from Market Share Groups like IDC } C.) followed up when asked 'how are these numbers arrived at' with the more info } on exactly how these numbers are arrived at. } D.) posted information on the SE/Online breakdown to consider when considering Ooo, seem to have struck a nerve. Chuck Miller //////////////// Senior Systems Engineer ////////// // Informix Software Inc. ////// / /// 5 Concourse Parkway, Suite 750 ///// // //// Atlanta, GA 30328 //// // ///// /// // ////// Phone 404-395-2300 // // /////// Fax 404-395-2343 / /////////// E-mail chuckm@informix.com //////////////// } just license counts. } } > Chuck Miller //////////////// } > Senior Systems Engineer ////////// // } > Informix Software Inc. ////// / /// } > 5 Concourse Parkway, Suite 750 ///// // //// } > Atlanta, GA 30328 //// // ///// } > /// // ////// } > Phone 404-395-2300 // // /////// } > Fax 404-395-2343 / /////////// } > E-mail chuckm@informix.com //////////////// } > } > } } } Thomas Kyte } tkyte@us.oracle.com } Oracle Government } }