Re: DB2

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was not a coincidence.  IBM did realize that the World needs to put a
name on things.  You can't sell it if it doesn't have a name.  Oracle and
Microsoft and FoxPro and the others had nothing to sell but their data
handling knowledge, so they put a name on it and created a whole new product
arena.   

IBM needed a product name and were amazed to discover they had a stand-alone
product that was already built and was every bit as good as anyone elses. 
*presto magico* DB/2
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Friday, March 14, 2003 01:15:35
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: DB2
 
I'm sure it was a co-incidence ;) , but around the time this - the name 
change - occurred DB2 snared RDB market leadership from Oracle. Go figure...
.

Leif said:
>We are not discussing if DB/2 is relational. It is to a large
>degree, but to call the native AS/400 database DB/2 was and
>is just a marketing ploy.

Regards
Evan Harris 

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