Hi Mark, I don't know if his management has considered DB2 LUW but that's an excellent point and I'll pass it on. Thanks!
Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:23:49 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Convert DB2 on z/OS to Oracle on z/Linux? > To: [email protected] > >>>> On 7/8/2009 at 9:49 AM, Dave Salt wrote: >> A friend of mine develops applications using COBOL and DB2. To save money, >> management at his company is considering converting DB2 to Oracle. My friend >> is neither for or against the idea, but has some concerns about how this >> might affect him. I know nothing about Oracle or z/Linux, so I thought I'd >> pass his questions on and see if anyone on this list might be able to help >> him: >> >> 1) Has anyone ever gone through this, and if so did it actually save money? > > I would have to believe that the cost savings would be the reduction in > number of licenses required. It's pretty typical that the z/OS LPAR would > have far more CPs activated than the Linux one. What I don't understand is > why they want to convert to Oracle at the same time. While DB2 LUW is a > different code base than DB2 for z/OS, I would think changing to a totally > different vendor would involve more risk. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html _________________________________________________________________ Create a cool, new character for your Windows Live™ Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9656621 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
