XPost: comp.databases.informix, comp.databases, comp.databases.ibm-db2   
   From: ma@switchboard.net   
      
   >Then please corrrect me. My recollection from a few years   
   >ago when I was doing some DB2 work was that the code   
   >base for Windows was different from that for AIX was different   
   >from that for AS/400 was different from that for VM was different   
   >from that for MVS was different from that for Z-series requiring   
   >recompilation with a C compiler on the production box. And that   
   >the C compiler was not included with the database but was an extra expense.   
      
   >I'd appreciate a clarification if this is no longer true or my memory is   
   faulty.   
      
   You did not address the questions to me, but I will answer them.   
      
   The DB2 code base for Windows, Linux and Unix is 90% the same.   
      
   The MVS, VM , and AS/400 products are all different, which is not really a   
   factor since either Oracle doesn't have a product on these platforms, or the   
   if they do, the Oracle product is universally known to stink on these   
   platforms.   
      
   If you write stored procedures in C, you will need a compiler, but not sure   
   if it needs to be on the production machine.  But if you say so, I would   
   concede that point. Stored procedures may also be written in SQL, which is   
   the preferred method. With regards to the total cost of ownership, I think   
   that you will find DB2 cheaper or the same as Oracle even with the compiler   
   expense.   
      
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