Re: informix market share

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:33:21 GMT
Message-ID: <5Uuif.34099$6e1.33447@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

>> How many of those customers have IBM converted to DB2 after 5 years? Has
>> the return justified the cost? Looking back from today, it does not
>> appear so.
>
> IBM's $1b is quite well spent if you take into account all this.
> Good database engineers, proven technology of Informix
> which can be fast-tracked into Db2 without reinventing
> the wheel. Just wait until Viper is out.
>

It won't matter if all this does not translate into market share. Received on Sun Nov 27 2005 - 21:33:21 CST