Re: database market share 2003

From: Mark A <ma_at_switchboard.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 04:18:24 -0600
Message-ID: <xhXwc.1$DC1.2117@news.uswest.net>

> > MVS or zOS are not deranged platforms. But an application that is
written is
> > C (like Oracle) is not going to perform well on that platform.
>
> Oh bugger: there goes the "portability" and "single code
> base" of UDB/DB2 down the drain....
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto

As previously stated: DB2 has the same code base for UNIX, Linux, and Windows. There is a separate code base for OS/390, and a another one for AS/400.

The point that was made is that Oracle doesn't even have a product for AS/400, and the Oracle product on OS/390 does not seriously compete with DB2 on that platform. So on the platforms that Oracle and DB2 compete (UNIX, Linux, and Windows, DB2 does have one code base. Received on Mon Jun 07 2004 - 05:18:24 CDT