That explains why OS/2 took off and is the stalwart of x86 operating
systems today. :)
Yes, IBM officially rebranded DB2 to Db2 because . . . that's what they
do (apologies to GEICO). At least it's still pronounced the same so
that's at least one less question I have to field - unlike, say JES2 vs
JES3 ("Hey Karl, are we every going to upgrade to JES3?" - actual
question).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 10:31 AM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: [EXT] Re: Db2! was: NODE.js for z/OS
>
> The name change was much bandied about at SHARE in Providence. I for
one
> have gotten over my indignation and am ready to move on. If you really
want
> to be offended by an assault on the sensibilities, how about the fact
that there
> never was a D(bee)1? The product was spawned in an era where calling
> anything '2' gave it a veneer of respectability as if it were a new
and improved
> version of some mythical precursor. That was implicitly fake news,
which we
> now know is reprehensible skullduggery.
>
>
>
> .
>
> .
>
> J.O.Skip Robinson
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Walt Farrell
>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:13 AM
>
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>
> Subject: (External):Re: Db2! was: NODE.js for z/OS
>
>
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:44:40 -0400, Gord Tomlin
> <gt.ibm.li...@actionsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> >On 2017-10-31 10:28, W Mainframe wrote:
>
> >> What really matter the difference between Db2 and DB2? I see the
same
> result in my SQL SELET... Come on!
>
> >Did you notice the ® associated with Db2®? That's a sure sign that
IBM
>
> >and its lawyers care.
>
>
>
> Both DB2 and Db2 are registered trademarks of IBM (at least in the
US). See
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-
> 3A__www.ibm.com_legal_us_en_copytrade.shtml-23section-
> 2DD&d=DwIGaQ&c=K5gMqH44tVpW9Mb7NvpzqAFAhrpSdUITR819D8huNsU&
> r=PjUrsjOU3_h7Q7zyRd3wDw&m=3UY4DB-
> DpoXlCXpq6cwehdWhBlmZTFhO_N447T-
> tK5g&s=XfFlCbEaaHN_CK1zTGX_3uPI7sxnDxw-6ijC4S2SpVE&e=
>
>
>
> I see, though, that all the other DB2-related trademarks use the DB2
form of
> the name, at least for now :)
>
>
>
> --
>
> Walt
>
>
>
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