If you go on DB2 site,
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/pdfs/dhbrown.pdf , you'll find a
similar document that concludes that TCO of DB2 is below Oracle's one.
Stephane Paquette
Administrateur de bases de donnees
Database Administrator
Standard Life
www.standardlife.ca
Tel. (514) 499-7999
Having seen the report previously I can say that IMHO it's an apples vs. oranges
report. Given an experienced DBA on both systems I still believe that can do the same
basic task in a similar amount of time effort. Why, because they 1) understand the
process for their RDBMS, and 2) they've
