Neil Truby wrote:

> And so the user base erodes inexorably. I suppose IBM are prepared to
> accept this provided DB2 picks up its fair share of the defectors. My
> experience is that it isn't.

All the customers we are used to see have Informix,Oracle and SQL Server in their "homes"...
If they feel they must move what will they choose? Another "unknown" database?
Well... 2 + 2 is still 4 isn't it?

Seems too obvious for me... maybe I'm wrong... maybe someone knows better...

Regards....