I'm having my first brush with it and it's a bit of a shift. Seeing as IBM now
own Informix I'd expect them to rip off its features and incorporate them into
DB2.
First impressions are that it's easy to set up a default database but not as
tunable as Oracle but having said that I'm at no great depth yet. It has some
handy features but its core architecture doesn't seem as good as Oracle's.
Anyway, it looks like it may be a contender in years to come.
The latest version, 7.2 was scheduled for release this week.
Given that the previous version is available for Linux and IBM are forging
closer links with the Linux community I'll be amazed if Oracle don't release 9i
for Linux fairly quickly. I'd have it next on the release schedule if I were in
charge.
Hopefully, I'll manage some sort of comparison paper of the 2 products when I
get time and a little more production exposure to DB2.
Regards,
Mike Hately
Oracle ( and DB2! ) DBA
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