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Subject: Re: IBM has a new database!
From: Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:49:15 -0400
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There is no versioning for DB2 on our platform - the version number is not
needed and is replaced by renaming!!! Saves having to worry about all those
dots.

"DB2 for i (formerly known as DB2 for i5/OS)"
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/software/db2/index.html

On 10/23/09 10:36 AM, "Steve McKay" <steve.mckay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Got a cold call from "Cory" who works for IBM software sales about a new
database that they are introducing.

He asked me what database management tools we used. I told him that we ran
an iSeries and have no need to use database management tools - the system
cleans up after itself and allocates space as needed, yada-yada-yada.

He asked if I had ever heard of DB2. I said 'yes, we use DB2/400'. He
asked what version of DB2 that was, because version 9.7 is available now.

Woo hoo!

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