FW: Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase

["Shields, Ken" <kenshields@xxxxxxx>]

Before the applause settles...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MacGregor, David
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:56 PM
> To:   Shields, Ken
> Subject:      Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase
> Importance:   High
>
> Follow-up: From Computerworld/Gartner...
>
> Gartner: Despite the recent purchase, IBM announced today that it plans to
> discontinue the entire line of Informix database management software in the
> 3rd quarter of 2002, to streamline its current operations.
>
> "We only wanted to hold the crown. We were not planning on keeping it."
>
> Even so, with Informix out of the equation as a competitor, IBM and Oracle
> will both strengthen their hold on the marketplace, according to Justin,
> senior correspondent, at Computerworld.
>
>
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