That would be to completely underestimate Oracle. It's not just about databases any more. They now own two major database platforms, a major software deploymen

That would be to completely underestimate Oracle. It's not just about databases any more. They now own two major database platforms, a major software deployment ecosystem, a decent OS or two and a decent hardware platform. You can bet that they'll be integrating and up-selling the rest of the stack like crazy into any customer of any single part of it. It just doesn't make sense to have bought them otherwise. The comparison shouldn't be with DB2. It should be with IBM.