Maybe you have been reading some other list.  No one has maintained that
RDBMS's are a marketing-driven fad.  The question was why Oracle, and not
some other RDBMS, dominates that market and the answer seems to be, at least
in part, marketing.  The other question being addressed is "What does Image
have to recommend it?".  Several good answers have been posted.  Saying that
Image is a good DBMS with several positive features is not the same as
dismissing relational databases as a fad.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hirsch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Expensive RDBM Systems (Oracle)


AS/400 comes with DB2/400, a relational database.

I have to wonder when y'all argue that relational databases are a
marketing-driven fad.  That's so ... twentieth-century.  Relational
databases won a hard-fought war because people found that they were more
productive.  Not only is Oracle more popular than Image, so is DB2, so is
SQL/Server, and even lesser players such as Informix.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]>


> An interesting point to ponder...that AS400 has fantastic sales...despite
> the fact that it is a proprietary OS, and it does not come with ORACLE.
>
> Thoughts?