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Re: database market share 2003

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 01:43:42 +1000
Message-ID: <40c48d2c$0$8986$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>


Serge Rielau allegedly said,on my timestamp of 7/06/2004 10:55 PM:

> Correct. That's how the game goes when one enters the market late.

Don't know... After all, DB2 commercially PRE-DATES Oracle, funny enough!

> When I joined IBM shortly after DB2 V5 shipped I was not certain I made
> a good move given an abysmal marketshare at the time.
> Now, tracking the share over 3 releases I think I'm in the right spot.

DB2 or UDB? You see, that is where these things have to be VERY precisely stated, because of this permanent confusion about what is what. And is that across the board or just on IBM's own Unix boxes?

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Nuno Souto
wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam
Received on Mon Jun 07 2004 - 10:43:42 CDT

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