:SearchEnterpriseLinux: CA Executive Steers Ingres on Open Source Waters
SearchEnterpriseLinux: CA Executive Steers Ingres on Open Source Waters Nov 11, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4944 reads) (Other stories by Robert Westervelt)
"Tony Gaughan: If you look at the big picture there are probably three key markets for us that align nicely. There is always open source, where MySQL has established a good user base so there is an opportunity for us to play in that market. Then there is the SMB market where there is more of a drive to take cost out of the overall infrastructure and leverage capabilities in a much more economical way and that is typically where SQL Server has played. We think we'll be competing a lot with SQL Server. The other area where we see an advantage is our ability to scale up to handle large type of applications and that's clearly another area where we align..."
