At our level I would not characterize it as "them against us", or maybe
I would. Them being Oracle and IBM against us DBA's just trying to hang
onto a job.

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Dodgers
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Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 1:14 PM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: Re: DBA Role

When I wrote that I was thinking more of the sales teams. But you are
right, it is them against us.

Frank Dodgers
Evergreen Information Systems
Oracle/Linux/AIX Certified
303-810-6625
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwards Ed "
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To: "LazyDBA Discussion" <[Email address protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: RE: DBA Role


> The IBM culture is more mature and honorable than the Oracle culture.
> Hmmmmmmmmm! I thought they were all in it together!
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Frank Dodgers [mailto:db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x25306786.[Email
address
> protected]
> Sent: Sat 6/25/2005 12:04 AM
> To: LazyDBA Discussion
> Subject: Re: DBA Role
>
>
>
> Oracle owns 50% of the ERP market and 50% of the database market. SAP
is
> trying to cut Oracle out of their ERP applications, but their
customers
> will
> ultimately make the choice. Thus Oracle and DB2 will continue to
share
> the
> other 50% of the ERP market owned by SAP. For large scale high
> performance
> systems the only real choice is Oracle and/or DB2 today. SQL Server
is a
> toy database.
>
> IBM owns Informix and RedBrick, and could buy Sybase any day. Oracle
owns
> RDB. Both IBM and Oracle are migrating customers as fast as possible
to
> their respective flagship databases.
>
> IBM is a $100 billion company that makes most of their profit from
> services,
> including Oracle services. Oracle is a $10 billion company and the
2nd
> largest software company in the world with significant services as
well.
>
> DB2 has nothing close to Oracle's RAC and GRID technology. The IBM
> culture
> is more mature and honorable than the Oracle culture.
>
> Which is better for your career? You cannot go wrong by choosing
either
> or
> both.
>
> Frank Dodgers
> Evergreen Information Systems
> Oracle/DB2/Linux/AIX Certified
> 303-810-6625
>
>
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