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Bob Jones wrote:
>>>>the article may have some truth in it; may be it's a warning >>>>that IBM is suffering from the Philips syndrome; producing >>>>great technology but may loose the market. >>>> >>> >>> >>>>If that is the case then it is a very good idea to take these signals >>>>serious and start doing something about it. >>>> >>> >>> >>>I am not sure if they are producing good technology. Their software >>>surely does not score high in the ease-of-use department. That's why more >>>services and supports are needed. >>> >>> IMO, AIX is propbably the only good thing come out of IBM. Mainframe is >>>no longer a great technology by today's standard. >> >>You obviously don't know what you are talking about. >>'By todays standard' must be 'by your standard' >>DB2 ranks #1 in many places. So where is your #3 coming from? >>Which ranking? >>Reading your post, I quess one cannot be any more vague than you are. >>
A well known fact? Based on what? So how come customers are still
investing on this 'dated' platform.
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> DB2 is #3 in terms of ease-of-use, behind Oracle and SQL Server. Now that's
> just my own experience. If you have read previous comments carefully, it is
> really not that vague.
Ah, finally *facts* change into *opinions*
I have used both Oracle and DB2 and I find DB2 a lot easier to use.
Ok, I'll be fair , I have used DB2 a lot longer.
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-- Anton Versteeg IBM NetherlandsReceived on Tue Aug 09 2005 - 03:40:09 CDT
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