Bob Jones wrote:
>>>>I did read it, I was in fact pointing out that I think your selection of
>>>>market size is flawed. I don't see how you can exclude Windows, its the
>>>>largest market for all of the vendors, including Informix (I presume);
>>>>and to provide comparable numbers to the other vendor's reported numbers
>>>>in the article you posted, you need to take the whole market.
>>>
>>>
>>>You do have a point.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Including mainframes?
>>
>
>
> What is this deal with including mainframes or not? Should we start talking
> about DB2 market share including mainframes, and Informix excluding
> mainframes?
That as a joke. Some would like to exclude mainframes just like they
like to exclude Windows. I think the term used is "marketshare on modern
OS" ;-)
Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Tue Nov 29 2005 - 05:19:28 CST
