Re: database market share 2003

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:41:03 +1000
Message-ID: <40c99a47$0$3037$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Mark A allegedly said,on my timestamp of 11/06/2004 9:33 PM:

> People no longer fear IBM,

IME, you're full of shit.

> and because of government regulation over the
> years of IBM as a monopoly,

which stopped about 15 years ago, but the "folks" keep invoking it as if it was magically still in effect...

> there is plug compatible competition at
> virtually every level (even mainframe hardware).

No there isn't. If there has been a change in IT in the last 5 years it is PRECISELY the absence of any serious competition to IBM hardware anywhere other than in Unix. One of the "little" results of Reaganomics.

As for software, it's impossible to compete with a company that claims to "run" everything everywhere...

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
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Received on Fri Jun 11 2004 - 06:41:03 CDT