XPost: comp.databases.ibm-db2   
   From: srielau@ca.ibm.com   
      
   Argh.... I finally break radio silence here....   
      
   Yukonkid wrote:   
   > For DB2 you find different databases for quite every platform (OS 390,   
   > UNIX, AIX, mainframe...) - name it. For every problem they have a   
   > database - incompatible between each other...   
   OS390 < mainframe   
   AIX < Unix..   
   do you know what you are talking about?   
      
   There are three code bases:   
   DB2 for Linux, Unix, Windows   
   DB2 for z/OS   
   DB2 for AS/400   
      
   Oracle does not exist on AS/400 (through no fault of it's own...)   
   Oracle does virtually not exist on z/OS (low single digit market share,   
   could it be a separate codebase is required to be successful? ;-))   
      
   So if you want to deploy on i/Series or z/Series you look at DB2 and   
   ONLY DB2. No Oracle in the game.   
      
   If you want to deploy _anywhere_else_ DB2 competes with exactly _one_   
   codebase:   
   DB2 for Linux, Unix, Windows   
      
   Cheers   
   Serge   
      
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