So how big a market share does DB2 itself command? They don't say. Big deal, so IBM-Informix have slightly more market share than Oracle. If Oracle had bought Informix the shoe would be on the other foot. Again, big deal!
Ken Janusz, CPIM ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:08 AM > Gartner: IBM Steals Database Crown from Oracle > > IBM has dislodged Oracle Corp. from the top of the market for database > management software, helped along by its billion-dollar purchase of Informix > Corp., according to new figures being released today by Stamford, > Conn.-based Gartner Inc. > > In 2001, IBM and Westborough, Mass.-based Informix captured a combined 34.6% > of worldwide new license revenue from database management systems, besting > Oracle's 32%, Gartner said. In 2000, the totals were 33.7% for IBM-Informix > and 34.1% for Oracle. > > The market as a whole generated $8.8 billion in revenue, growing just 1.4% > from the previous year. In contrast, revenue climbed a brisk 10% from 1999 > to 2000, Gartner said. > > Most database management systems vendors saw single-digit or negative > growth, although Microsoft Corp. was a notable exception, Gartner said. The > software giant saw revenue from new database management systems licenses > climb 17.8%, putting it in third place behind Oracle with 16.3% of the > market. Sybase Inc. was a distant fourth with 2.6%. > > For more on this story > http://computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/software/story/0%2C10801%2C7090 > 3%2C00.html?nlid=AM > > =================================================== > Mark Leith | T: +44 (0)1905 330 281 > Sales & Marketing | F: +44 (0)870 127 5283 > Cool Tools UK Ltd | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =================================================== > http://www.cool-tools.co.uk > Maximising throughput & performance > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Mark Leith > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: KENNETH JANUSZ INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
