Re: No future for DB2
In the No future for DB2 thread, Anton Versteeg of IBM said DB2 is the only product proven on mainframe, midrange and PC with substantial market share. Noons said he never meets DB2 on PCs and bet a bottle of shiraz it will be a non-event on Windows within five years. Anton said he sees DB2 on Windows daily, including at large banks. Bet unresolved.
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Noons wrote: > 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. > No since Oracle has zip marketshare on the mainframe, my statement is true, but to please you I will rephrase it to: DB2 is the only product that has proven it runs on the mainframe, midrange and PC and also sunstantial market share. > >>There is more data stored in DB2 than in any other DBMS product. > > > Size matters now? :) > yooo man :) > Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2 > has got NO CHANCE of long term survival. > Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :) -- Anton Versteeg IBM Netherlands
Anton Versteeg wrote: > > > > No since Oracle has zip marketshare on the mainframe, > my statement is true, but to please you I will rephrase it to: > DB2 is the only product that has proven it runs on the mainframe, > midrange and PC and also sunstantial market share. Using EXACTLY the same argument as you then: I have NEVER come across DB2 on the PC. So, it doesn't run on the PC, period. Howzzat-den for argument? > > Size matters now? :) > > yooo man :) Hurhurhur!... <G> > > Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2 > > has got NO CHANCE of long term survival. > > > Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :) I will bet you a bottle of good shiraz that DB2 will become a non-event in Windows in less than 5 years. Can I be more clear than that? No.
Noons wrote: > Anton Versteeg wrote: > >>No since Oracle has zip marketshare on the mainframe, >>my statement is true, but to please you I will rephrase it to: >>DB2 is the only product that has proven it runs on the mainframe, >>midrange and PC and also sunstantial market share. > > > Using EXACTLY the same argument as you then: > I have NEVER come across DB2 on the PC. So, > it doesn't run on the PC, period. > Howzzat-den for argument? I come accross DB2 on the Windows daily, even large banks use it, for instance with Siebel applications. I guess you don't look in the right places. Are your customers perhaps those small shops fond of dBase and the like? >>>Size matters now? :) >> >>yooo man :) > > > Hurhurhur!... > <G> > >>>Face it: outside of the mainframe environment, DB2 >>>has got NO CHANCE of long term survival. >>> >> >>Wannna bet? Kind of stealing from a child :) > > > I will bet you a bottle of good shiraz that DB2 > will become a non-event in Windows in less than > 5 years. Can I be more clear than that? No. > Well you would have to define non-event first. Maybe when Windows stops :) -- Anton Versteeg IBM Netherlands
Anton Versteeg apparently said,on my timestamp of 28/07/2005 8:17 PM: > > I come accross DB2 on the Windows daily, even large banks use it, for > instance with Siebel applications. I guess you don't look in the right > places. Are your customers perhaps those small shops fond of dBase and > the like? Dunno. How large do you think google is? > Well you would have to define non-event first. > Maybe when Windows stops :) The bottle is set aside. Is yours? ;) -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam