Re: DB2 or Oracle

From: Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:31:46 +0100
Message-ID: <3D762762.7070802@hotmail.com>

Sad_but_true_at_nospam.com wrote:

> THIS IS NOT A TROLL.
> 
> In article <al55mf02iuq_at_drn.newsguy.com>, Sad_but_true_at_nospam.com says...
> 

>>OK the moment has finally arrived. I have been told by management that
>>informix is going to be kicked out from our shop pretty soon and we
>>will be rewriting our software in something new. As of now , it is a
>>two horse race between DB2 and Oracle.
>>
>>Personally I favor DB2 because I hate Oracle. However
>>management is in favor of Oracle because it is 'O'.
>>
>>Can anyone point out some good documentation of DB2 vs Oracle. I think
>>I may be able to influence management if I can come with up convincing
>>reason to switch over to DB2.

There were a couple of TCO articles on the db2 newsgroup recently. However, think on this -- IBM is pinching the best stuff out of Informix for DB2 -- might as well make the best out of a bad situation... :o) Received on Wed Sep 04 2002 - 10:31:46 CDT