IBM's DB2 has a straightforward per-processor pricing structurewhile Oracle charges licence fees for unlimited users. However, all this could change when Oracle DB-on-Tap is launched in Asia.

Size does matter Citing a recent Goldman Sachs survey of 400 users, Ellison said 60 percent of the respondents plan to build new applications using Oracle software, while only 3 percent chose IBM DB2.

That’s the mass market, where Oracle is trying to compete better (by offering its database on Linux), and where Microsoft is trying to move up with 64-bit SQL Server.

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Seeking to grab Oracle customers, IBM and SAP announced on Tuesday a version of IBMs DB2 database thats optimized to run SAP applications. The Oracle arch rivals are also beefing up joint ...

The Oracle SQL Developer tool can connect to databases other than Oracle, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2. The SQL development environment helps the programmer perform basic ...

New pureScale clustering feature will enable companies to scale out their DB2 clusters without paying an enormous performance cost, IBM says On the eve of Oracle’s OpenWorld user conference, IBM ...

That’s the mass market, where Oracle is trying to compete better [by offering its database on Linux], and where Microsoft is trying to move up with 64-bit SQL Server.