Re: Earth shattering news! IBM renames DB2! -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Earth shattering news! IBM renames DB2!
From: Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 09:58:54 -0400
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On 7/18/2017 9:02 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

Instead of DB2 it will now be called Db2.

I thought that would make your day.
https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS217-363&appname=USN

It seems to me that the reticence to use a new name is part and parcel
of the larger problem that our sisters and brothers don't feel able to
move out of their comfort zone.

I wish we as a community could come up with something as... motivating
as the Nomenclature Wars (tm) to spur discussion about advancing the
art, mentoring our colleagues, and sharing successes.

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Re: Earth shattering news! IBM renames DB2! , Jack Woehr

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