I think that the key words in the article are "worldwide new license revenue" NOT market share...
-Joe --- KENNETH JANUSZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Raube 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).
