Re: database market share 2003

From: Blair Adamache <badamache_at_2muchspam.yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 16:48:25 -0400
Message-ID: <c9qn8l$hdc$1@hanover.torolab.ibm.com>

IBM's relational database software revenue on zOS has increased for more than 5 consecutive years. If you want to project ahead 10 years, perhaps Oracle's share on Sun should be discounted - I think Oracle+Sun is much more of a legacy business than DB2 on zOS.

robert wrote:

>
> growing??? there was a news report a couple of days ago that IBM's
> MF business was about $3 (or $4) billion annually. and that 10 years
> ago it was $12 billion. i didn't attempt to verify this, of course.
> anyone is welcome to do so. but, on the face of it, DB2/MF is NOT the
> future.
>
> robert
Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 15:48:25 CDT