Thread: DBA-Village Poll
I thought some of you might be interested in a poll DBA Village is running (they have a weekly poll). The question is "Which database do you consider the biggest threat for Oracle". Right now SQL Server is running at 42%. That boggles the mind. MySQL is next with 19%. EnterpriseDB/PostgreSQL is 5th at 8%. "No Idea" is in 3rd place. ;-) The link is http://www.dba-village.com/village/dvp_base.main if anyone cares to follow. It's kind of a crowded page and the poll is on the main page in the upper left. LewisC ----------------------------------------------------------- Lewis R Cunningham An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/ LewisC's Random Thoughts http://lewiscsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference http://tinyurl.com/39246e ----------------------------------------------------------
Hi, Lewis Cunningham wrote: > The link is http://www.dba-village.com/village/dvp_base.main if > anyone cares to follow. It's kind of a crowded page and the poll is > on the main page in the upper left. Hm.. looks like you need to login to vote... Regards Markus
On Aug 14, 2007, at 2:06 AM, Markus Schiltknecht wrote: > Lewis Cunningham wrote: >> The link is http://www.dba-village.com/village/dvp_base.main if >> anyone cares to follow. It's kind of a crowded page and the poll is >> on the main page in the upper left. > Hm.. looks like you need to login to vote... You do. EnterpriseDB/PostgreSQL is now second at 25%; MSSQL is first at 33% out of 240 votes and climbing (it was 24%/34% about 20 minutes ago). -- Decibel!, aka Jim Nasby decibel@decibel.org EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
Current Tally: Question: Which database do you consider the biggest threat for Oracle ( 320 responses so far) EnterpriseDB/PostgreSQL: 35% SQL Server: 29% DB2: 13% MySql: 11% No idea: 10% Other: 3% LewisC --- Lewis Cunningham <lewisc@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I thought some of you might be interested in a poll DBA Village is > running (they have a weekly poll). The question is "Which database > do you consider the biggest threat for Oracle". > > Right now SQL Server is running at 42%. That boggles the mind. > MySQL is next with 19%. EnterpriseDB/PostgreSQL is 5th at 8%. "No > Idea" is in 3rd place. ;-) > > The link is http://www.dba-village.com/village/dvp_base.main if > anyone cares to follow. It's kind of a crowded page and the poll > is > on the main page in the upper left. > > LewisC > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis R Cunningham > > An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology > http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/ > > LewisC's Random Thoughts > http://lewiscsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ > > EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference > http://tinyurl.com/39246e > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > ----------------------------------------------------------- Lewis R Cunningham An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/ LewisC's Random Thoughts http://lewiscsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/ EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference http://tinyurl.com/39246e ----------------------------------------------------------
Lewis Cunningham wrote: > I thought some of you might be interested in a poll DBA Village is > running (they have a weekly poll). The question is "Which database > do you consider the biggest threat for Oracle". > > Right now SQL Server is running at 42%. That boggles the mind. Why does that boggle the mind? I would have said DB2 - which has almost half Oracle's share ($3.2B vs $7.2B) - until I saw that Oracle's growth rate in database revenue has recently been faster than IBM's. In contrast, Microsoft, while smaller is growing database revenue much faster than either IBM or Oracle. Technological threat? Of course I'd say PostgreSQL looks like it's arguably closest, and improving fastest. But to be a threat to Oracle I don't think it's technology that matters as much as lobbyists and salespeople's budgets to wine-and-dine CIOs. > MySQL is next with 19%. That one boggles my mind. With $0.05B revenue and a niche product I don't see why it's on the list.
Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> writes: > Lewis Cunningham wrote: >> I thought some of you might be interested in a poll DBA Village is >> running (they have a weekly poll). The question is "Which database >> do you consider the biggest threat for Oracle". >> >> Right now SQL Server is running at 42%. That boggles the mind. > > Why does that boggle the mind? > > I would have said DB2 - which has almost half Oracle's share ($3.2B > vs $7.2B) - until I saw that Oracle's growth rate in database revenue > has recently been faster than IBM's. In contrast, Microsoft, while > smaller is growing database revenue much faster than either IBM > or Oracle. I have seen some indications that the prime source of DB2 revenues has been mainframe sales, as opposed to "smaller" platforms, and that the amount of sales on Unix and Windows has been vanishingly small. I do not know to what degree to believe that. -- (format nil "~S@~S" "cbbrowne" "linuxdatabases.info") http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/spiritual.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #41. "Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel devices." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>