The database world is beginning to shake a little as some of the established players begin to suffer with poor profit results. Some of this is due to problems with revenues in Asia following the economic problems there and some of it is due to deeper changes in the IT world.
All suppliers have problems.
Informix and Sybase have both seen r One factor effecting the world of databases is the strain that modern styles of application building are placing on the traditional style of server software. Even Oracle have had problems as profits fell at the end of last year - although their 3 rd quarter results showed a good recovery. One factor effecting the world of databases is the strain that modern styles of application building are placing on the traditional style of server software. Just look at the sort of computing done in libraries now to provide a service to clients. The Internet has focussed attention on the importance of delivering object oriented data to the desktop.