Re: No future for DB2

Buck Nuggets wrote:

> 4) they are managing a database that belongs to a commercial
> application - which provides its own backup/restore capability.
>
> 5) production & development dbas are kept in separate teams.
> Production is often outsourced, and often can do very little besides
> start & stop the database. Anything outside the repetitive daily steps
> is risky due to the severe lack of experience on the part of the dbas.
> This kind of shop often moves the development dbas to other projects as
> soon as their waterfall steps are complete - so there's typically
> nobody else to help in the transition. In this scenario nothing is
> changed until something breaks catastrophically.
>

6) they like to live dangerous and don't make backups :P Received on Wed Aug 03 2005 - 10:00:29 CDT