Re: No future for DB2

Posted in 2005

Anton Versteeg — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:46:24 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Mike wrote: > On 2005-07-26, Anton Versteeg <Anton_Versteeg@nnll.ibm.com> wrote: > >>rkusenet wrote: >> >>>This article is very bleak about future of DB2. How credible is the >>>author. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1839681,00.asp >>> >> >>The author forgets a couple of things: >>DB2 is the only RDBMS that runs on mainframe, midrange and PC servers. >>(Oracle is non-existent on the mainframe) >>There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product. >> >>The article is pure FUD. > > > Oracle does run on the host. > > Mike I said it is non-existent, meaning that i haven't seen a customer using it. -- Anton Versteeg IBM Netherlands