Re: Informix business grew by double digits in 2006 (Q1+Q2)
Replies to a post about Informix business growing by double digits in 2006 H1. DA Morgan feared a future of only Microsoft and Oracle as database vendors; Obnoxio The Clown said he lacked a sense of humour. Serge Rielau noted IBM's FileNet purchase, and Obnoxio joked about it. Banter only, with no technical content.
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Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > DA Morgan said: >> Andrew Ford wrote: >>> http://www.db2.com and http://www.udb.com don't take you anywhere >>> usefull. >>> >>> The inequalities continue. When will IBM stop playing favorites? >>> >>> Andrew >> When it no longer serves management's interest. > > You really don't have a sense of humour, do you? Not when I can see, in the future, a world with only two database vendors: Microsoft and Oracle. We need a vibrant marketplace ... and this isn't it. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org
DA Morgan said: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> DA Morgan said: >>> Andrew Ford wrote: >>>> http://www.db2.com and http://www.udb.com don't take you anywhere >>>> usefull. >>>> >>>> The inequalities continue. When will IBM stop playing favorites? >>>> >>>> Andrew >>> When it no longer serves management's interest. >> >> You really don't have a sense of humour, do you? > > Not when I can see, in the future, a world with only two database > vendors: Microsoft and Oracle. We need a vibrant marketplace ... and > this isn't it. No, you just don't have a sense of humour at all. Maybe you can take a class some time. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile
DA Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> DA Morgan said: >>> Andrew Ford wrote: >>>> http://www.db2.com and http://www.udb.com don't take you anywhere >>>> usefull. >>>> >>>> The inequalities continue. When will IBM stop playing favorites? >>>> >>>> Andrew >>> When it no longer serves management's interest. >> >> You really don't have a sense of humour, do you? > > Not when I can see, in the future, a world with only two database > vendors: Microsoft and Oracle. We need a vibrant marketplace ... and > this isn't it. Daniel, you are correct. In the future Microsoft and Oracle will be the only remaining mere database vendors. Doomed to single digit growth.... IBM announced to buy filenet today, btw. It's getting hard to keep track. Cheers Serge -- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto Lab IOD Conference http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/
Serge Rielau said: > IBM announced to buy filenet today, btw. > It's getting hard to keep track. I wonder if they're going to get all *their* customers to chuck away FileNet and buy Content Manager instead? And I wonder if they're going to hide FileNet away in a dark corner and run "FileNetBahns"... -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile