IDMS? Is anyone still using that dinosaur??
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From: Santosh_Nambiar
[mailto:db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x73658978.[Email address protected]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 2:58 AM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: RE: DBA Role
Hi All,
Everybody is talking about DB2/Oracle/Sybase/Sql server....How about
IMS/IDMS...I am at the beginning of my career and am working as a DBA on
DB2 Mainframe...i thought IMS would be a good option to learn after DB2
as they are on same platform...but now, do I have to look into AIX....
Any suggestions....
Thanks,
Santosh.
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Dodgers
[mailto:db2udbdba-ezmlmshield-x25306786.[Email address protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:35 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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