XPost: comp.databases.informix, comp.databases, comp.databases.ibm-db2   
   XPost: ibm.software.websphere.application-server   
   From: obnoxio@hotmail.com   
      
   Larry Edelstein wrote:   
      
   > But the point   
   > is this: there is no way that companies of that size would bet their   
   > business on a database that is not solid, stable, bulletproof, and   
   > competitive.   
      
   How many companies bet their business on Windows NT? Does that make it   
   solid, stable, bulletproof and competitive?   
      
   > It boils down to a fundamental difference in strategy. Companies like   
   > Oracle promote a strategy that moves almost EVERYTHING into the database.   
   > Companies like IBM believe that they would rather allow you to select the   
   > product/component that you use together with your database so that not   
   > only do you have the choice ... but you can select the best-of-breed in   
   > technology.   
      
   Like Tivoli, Websphere, MQ, Content Manager, Rational... Or Lotus...   
   fnaar...   
      
   --   
   "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule"   
   - Coluche   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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