Re: Excellent future for DB2

> While I can understand where you are coming from when you say many people
> feel that mainframes are "dated", that doesn't drive the rdbms business.

I do feel sorry if this is how my message was interpretated.

>Perception of value and of the most suitable platform to run a database on
>is what drives customer investment. Many customers to this day still feel
>that the mainframe is the best place for apps that require the ultimate in
>security, availability, reliability, and performance. That is the reason
>that we still see growth on mainframe platforms.
>

I agree it is just perceptions. Mainframe being the only place to get RAS is one of them. Funny you talked about performance. The cost/performance picture is not exactly pretty on mainframe, when compared to x86 or RISC platforms. Yes, there is growth in mainframe. In fact, there is growth in virtually all platforms. The unit sales per year for mainframe is measured in thousands, while other major server platforms are measured in millions. Received on Wed Aug 10 2005 - 21:19:54 CDT