Re: Adjusting to DB2

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:24:53 -0700
Message-ID: <1130340285.883203@yasure>

Serge Rielau wrote:

>> Ah yes, I forgot: you have seen the Oracle code and worked
>> with it. As such you can confirm that indeed DB2's is
>> better "structured".

>
> "That" left some room for interpretation. I know for fact that DB2's
> code is very well encapsulated w.r.t. OS APIs. I know for fact that
> DB2's porting team is a lot smaller that Oracle's porting team.
> If I saw Oracle source code my first call would be to an IBM IP lawyer,
> my second to Mark Townsend. I sure wouldn't devulge it here.
>
> Cheers
> Serge

Given that you have never seen Oracle's source code. You should never have commented.

The size of a porting team has little if anything to do with how well or poorly anything is written or encapsulated. It may well be that one team is larger than another because of the number of products it ports. It might be larger because of the complexity of the product ... DB2 sure doesn't need anyone to port RAC or Grid or Partitions: Capabilities it doesn't have.

Then again it might just be that one company has a larger testing component associated with the team because they are more concerned with quality or creating on-line documentation or any number of other possibilities.

Your comment was baseless and immitating MarkA's posturing is not flattering to your otherwise professional reputation.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Wed Oct 26 2005 - 10:24:53 CDT