Ashar Voultoiz wrote:
As for DB2, the last time I heard about it, it was clearly not for a webapp. It was used on IBM z/OS which run on the IBM Mainframe. The kind of "servers" which have decade uptime and hold your bank account (and other interesting things).
I've developed DB2 apps on Windows platforms long ago. It's been a multi-platform product since way back when, so I don't know where you got the idea that DB2 is a mainframe-only product. There are versions for Windows, Linux, Unix and other OSes.
I could see a number of companies wanting to use DB2 just as others would want to use MS SQL Server, Oracle or other DB products.
Mike