Re: Database market is saturated fully, there is no more room!!

You may be wrong please go to this site and click on 'Databases' :- http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml Michael Segel wrote: > > Mats Wichmann wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:55:05 +0000, Michael Segel > > <mikey@segel.NO.SPAM.KINGOFMYDOMAIN.SPAM.NO.com> wrote: > > > > >There is a thing called TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). > > [SNIP] > > > With many TCO estimates for a system being in the hundreds of > > thousands of dollars, the effect of the acquisition cost of the O.S. > > ($50 to $2000, let's say -- even a "free" download costs something) is > > of minimal impact. Once you start looking at the availability of > > applications and the time to deploy them I'm not sure the equation > > favors Linux any longer. > > Sigh. > Not every company is looking to acquire a room full of HP T500 or Sun > 1000's. > And we are not talking about that. > > What we are talking about is an Intel based niche. > Typical Server configurations are around 6-7K depending on the number of > SCSI cards, and > disks. (Also processor speed, SMP capable, etc ...) > > Take a hard look at your options for Intel based OSs. Mach, BSD, Linux, > Solaris, SCO/Unixware, > NT, .... Now take a look the price tag. NT = $748 plus additional > software, SCO=1K for > runtime plus development tools. Solaris? Well you get my idea. > > So, OS goes for 1K on average. (With NT you have to increase the number of > clients, add a mail > server, ....) 1K on a 8K purchase (Hardware and OS) is 12.5% per unit. > > Now when we are talking about distributed data within a large operation, > you then have to > multiple sites. Those 1K savings do add up. > > As to the software availability, it is a problem to some, but not to > others. > It depends on your application. As a web server, Apache and Netscape run > on Linux. > (Thats roughly covers 65% of the market.) There exists office suites, and > other packages > like MATLIB (I think), Mathematica, ..... the list goes on. Granted, your > needs may not > be met, but others are. What is Linux missing? A market leading RDBMS. One > which is > compatible to the rest of the enterprise. You may be wrong please go to this site and click on 'Databases' :- http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml > > So Linux may be the best choice for some, not others. Over time, > applications will be built. > But if you are writing custom apps, as long as the tools exist, then you > will succeed. > > I hope this helps in your understanding of the *linux phenomenon*. > > Mikey