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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?
-- Cheers Nuno Souto wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospamReceived on Mon Jun 07 2004 - 10:43:42 CDT