Re: No future for DB2

Posted in 2005

Noons — 27 Jul 2005 16:17:57 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Anton Versteeg wrote: > The author forgets a couple of things: > DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers. False as can be... > (Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe) Nevertheless, it RUNS on mainframes. Which makes your claim above totally false. > There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product. Size matters now? :) Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2 has got NO CHANCE of long term survival.

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bka — 27 Jul 2005 18:38:52 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

>> Nevertheless, it (Oracle) RUNS on mainframes. Which makes your >> claim above totally false. runs, stumbles or crawls?