Bill Martinez wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>
>> In other words ... we don't know anything more than we did before we
>> read this.
>>
>> But for those who have to pay their mortgage and feed their families
>> the only metrics that matter are those that can be found at:
>> www.dice.com.
>>
>> As of 6 May, 2007:
>> =========================
>> DB2 3,419 8.9%
>> Informix 452 1.2%
>> Oracle 17,861 46.7%
>> SQL Server 14,171 37.0%
>> Sybase 2,355 6.2%
>> =========================
>>
>> If these aren't the numbers you're looking at you aren't paying
>> attention to putting the kids through college and your retirement.
>
>
> Are these market share figures?
>
> Shouldn't people consider things like performance, cost of maintenance,
> etc... if they want to put their kids through college?
>
> I notice that Anheisur-Busch has the lion's (clydesdale) share of the
> beer market here in the US.
>
> I don't particularly like any of their beers - should I drink them
> anyway just because their popular?
Before anyone flames me, I meant "they're", not "their". I only made
that mistake because I'm drinking some non-AB beer right now.
>
>> Small comfort to remember your product loyalty to a particular brand
>> when living off your Social Security check.
Received on Sun May 06 2007 - 23:32:54 CDT
