Re: No future for DB2

Buck Nuggets wrote: > 4) they are managing a database that belongs to a commercial > application - which provides its own backup/restore capability. > > 5) production & development dbas are kept in separate teams. > Production is often outsourced, and often can do very little besides > start & stop the database. Anything outside the repetitive daily steps > is risky due to the severe lack of experience on the part of the dbas. > This kind of shop often moves the development dbas to other projects as > soon as their waterfall steps are complete - so there's typically > nobody else to help in the transition. In this scenario nothing is > changed until something breaks catastrophically. > 6) they like to live dangerous and don't make backups :P