Re: No future for DB2

That's IBM for you. Remember they decided there was more money to be made in PC hardware than anything to do with DOS so gave Microsoft the rights at little cost and look how right they were with that. Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't >From: "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendipita.com> >To: "Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> >CC: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: Re: No future for DB2 >Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:38:12 +0100 (BST) > > >Mark A said: > > > > DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows was not designed for the mainframe. It >is > > a > > different code base than DB2 for z/OS. > >What?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? > > > TPC benchmarks are not exactly cheap since you really need a group of > > people > > working full time on it, and lot of expensive hardware. This can easily > > add > > up to a few million per year. IBM would rather that customers switch to > > DB2. > >Yeah, IBM can ill afford to actually market anything. And as they have by >now noticed, their unwillingness to benchmark IDS is not exactly winning >them a loyal base of successfully migrated ex-Informix now-DB2 users, is >it? So they are gently pissing that Billion away for the want of not >spending a few mill. > >Great business logic. > >-- > >Bye now, >Obnoxio > >"C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" > - Coluche > >A smile is a gift that is free to the giver and precious to the recipient. >But giving someone the finger is free too, and I find it more personal and >sincere. >sending to informix-list sending to informix-list