Hi
Well we've, from time to time, wondered how strong Sybase is in the market and if they have the ability to fight back. Aside from thinking that the Sybase marketing and sales guys needed to get their act together I have been a BIG fan of Sybase for many years. They have had 'decent', albeit not stellar, placement in the enterprise market especially in the financial world.
Looks like this may change. The client I consult for, a Multinational corporation dealing in banking, trading and financing has announced that withitn 2 years all Sybase databases will be upgraded/migrated to DB/2.
This is signifigant, they have a TON of Sybase machines/licenses.
One reason being sited for the switch is that Sybase took way to long to try and get on the Linux bandwagon.
Aside: Please don't tell me it runs great on Linux, it really doesn't. Passable on the Red Hat Enterprise version but that's about it. Don't even ask me to bring up all the glib and glibc problems (and yes I know how to 'patch' it all and get it installed/working, but performance is less than favourable)
So it looks like I'll be fine tuning my DB/2 knowledge. In one respect I am glad I started playing with it 2 years ago.
On the other It's sad as I have really been a big supporter of Sybase in most projects I have worked with over the last 5+ years. I contribute to the ISUG (International Sybase Community) and support ASE wherever I can. I'll still try, but not working with it 40+ hours a week makes it harder to stay fresh (considering I'm not even a DBA I'm just a coder who write a lot of SQL and T-SQL).
<singing>Oh the times they are a-changing....</singning>
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Well we've, from time to time, wondered how strong Sybase is in the market and if they have the ability to fight back. Aside from thinking that the Sybase marketing and sales guys needed to get their act together I have been a BIG fan of Sybase for many years. They have had 'decent', albeit not stellar, placement in the enterprise market especially in the financial world.
Looks like this may change. The client I consult for, a Multinational corporation dealing in banking, trading and financing has announced that withitn 2 years all Sybase databases will be upgraded/migrated to DB/2.
This is signifigant, they have a TON of Sybase machines/licenses.
One reason being sited for the switch is that Sybase took way to long to try and get on the Linux bandwagon.
Aside: Please don't tell me it runs great on Linux, it really doesn't. Passable on the Red Hat Enterprise version but that's about it. Don't even ask me to bring up all the glib and glibc problems (and yes I know how to 'patch' it all and get it installed/working, but performance is less than favourable)
So it looks like I'll be fine tuning my DB/2 knowledge. In one respect I am glad I started playing with it 2 years ago.
On the other It's sad as I have really been a big supporter of Sybase in most projects I have worked with over the last 5+ years. I contribute to the ISUG (International Sybase Community) and support ASE wherever I can. I'll still try, but not working with it 40+ hours a week makes it harder to stay fresh (considering I'm not even a DBA I'm just a coder who write a lot of SQL and T-SQL).
<singing>Oh the times they are a-changing....</singning>
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