cootercharger

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   by cootercharger 2y ago

   The OS currently known as "IBM i" (fka os400) is in essence "DB2 OS". DB2 is available as a "standalone" RDBMS also, and they rename it every decade or so for marketing
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   by cootercharger 2y ago

   its called IBM i these days. DB2 originally didnt have a name because it was part of OS/400... Later DB2 name was applied and standalone versions released. "IBM i" is basically DB2OS if we want to talk about flipping the para
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   by cootercharger 2y ago

   this makes me think of the IBM i (fka OS400) Operating System, where the DB integration is so tight in with the OS. Originally DB2 did not have a name because it was so tightly part of an OS, it didnt need one until it came time to compare