Talk:IBM DB2

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According to Michael Stonebraker, when IBM chose to make SQL the standard for database query languages by announcing its inclusion into DB2.

If there's a verb in this sentence, I can't find it :-)

--Anonymous Coward

I have the removed the verbless sentence. A better solution would have been to try to track changes the the sentence to try to find out what it should have said; but I didn't have time for that. TroelsArvin 13:39, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

DB2 is available in several "editions," i.e. licensing arrangements. By opting for a reduced-feature "edition," IBM allows customers to avoid paying for database features which they do not need.

This smacks of POV to me, specifically, marketing POV. Isn't it equally valid (and equally POV-ish) to say something like, "DB2 is available in several "editions". By offering reduced-feature editions at lower prices, a practice known in the industry as tiering, IBM is able to extract the maximum consumer surplus from its customer base. Economists refer to this as price discrimination." --AnonymousBlowhard

[edit] Whoa

This page seems to need a lot of work. I cleaned up some stuff in the introduction. Even this talk page is not structured in the standard Wikipedia format (use the + tab to add a new section in this talk page, please).

One thing that I have a question over is whether titles of specific IBM products ought to be linked to the appropriate Wikipedia article/section.

--Whiteknox 21:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I have a slight preference to leave the links to IBM products in the article, provided that links are not repeated many times. To begin with, I have removed the repetitive linkage so that the unique links can be found more easily. Definately more maintenance required. John Vandenberg 05:19, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV Issues

The article seems something like an advertisement with the language toned down a little bit. Although readers of the article may want to know details such as the pricing of various systems, it should still exhibit a fairly normal encyclopedia style. I don't think there should be external links to products in the body of the article, such as DB2 9 Express-C and SUPRA SQL[1] (under [[1]]; external links should go at the end. Someone more familiar with Wikipedia styling correct me if I'm wrong. I worked on some of the problems (maybe I'll get back to it later). --Whiteknox 22:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)