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That depends on whether you're buying or selling DB2 licenses. If you're buying, POWER. If you're selling, Sparc.
by Tamerlin 16y ago
That depends on whether you're buying or selling DB2 licenses. If you're buying, POWER. If you're selling, Sparc.
- rbanffy 16y agoAnyway, it favors the purchase of POWER servers. IBM has to sell them to someone. Linux users won't buy them to run MySQL.
- Tamerlin 16y agoAgreed.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoIBM owns POWER and DB2 though, so it's a cross-subsidy that introduces perverse incentives for the DB2 sales force. Fundamentally it's about licensing decisions, not a technology comparison.