Talk about changing the subject to avoid the issue. Weren't we talking
about the major ERP ISVs and whether or not they were "built" for IBM
mainframes and whether or not they were moving away from Oracle for
their own internal use?
Truth Seeker
Mark Townsend wrote:
> Blair Adamache wrote:
>
>> the SAP we know today was Oracle-centric, and SAP has
>> invested quite a bit to change this.
>
>
> Hmm - I guess this level of investment to non 'Oracle-centric' solutions
> doesn't actually extend to training then - from the SAP web site
>
> BC535 - Database Administration - DB2 UDB (4.6) - This course is
> currently not scheduled.
> BC530 - Database Administration - DB2/390 (4.6) - This course is
> currently not scheduled.
> BC511 - Database Administration - Informix Online (4.6C) - This course
> is currently not scheduled.
>
> SAP, Seibel, Peoplesoft etc are not stupid, and are as market driven as
> any other company. Their customers want their products on the Oracle
> database, and no amount of postulating or hand waving from other
> database vendors is going to change that. In fact, there is significant
> evidence to show that Oracle's market share under these packaged
> applications is actually growing (and indeed, that IBM's share is
> declining).
>
Received on Tue Jun 15 2004 - 18:35:56 CDT
