Re: informix market share

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.databases.oracle.server.] On 2005-11-27, rkusenet <rkusenet_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> "xiaoxin" <lixiaoxinwb_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1133132461.988551.14130_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> The market share for Informix was about 5% in 2004, down 1% from 2003.
>> Any links to support your figure?
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> check this post
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.informix/browse_frm/thread/4a450c920bbca6f3/f79b304206e42a46?lnk=st&q=insubject%3Amarket+insubject%3Ashare+insubject%3A2003&rnum=1&hl=en#f79b304206e42a46
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> It talks about market share in 2003.
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> Here is how the market share of Informix was reached.
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> In 2003, total license sales of RDBMS on Unix/Linux was 2.34 billion dollars.
> Informix's share was 140 million. That makes it 5.98%.
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> Flame: RDBMS on Windows amounted to 2.79 billion.
> That means database sell more on windows than on Unix.
> So much for MS being crap in OS.

So? Microsoft can now put up a big red sign that says:

         "Billions and Billions served".

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