IBM puts Oracle to the sword with EnterpriseDB | The Open Road - CNET News

Putting aside the hyperbole of the article's title and the PR-release tone of its content, one may ask why IBM would feel the need to add to DB2 the ability to run Oracle apps. Well, to steal customers from Oracle, of course. To me that's more or less an admission that Oracle are the gorilla in enterprise RDBMSes and DB2 is the monkey.

The fact that Oracle disdain compatibility with other databases and their tools are generally horrible is a reflection of their hubris, borne of their market position.

Disclaimer: I am an Oracle DBA. I'm not in love with Oracle as a company or anything, they've just enabled a lazy person to be paid far better than he deserves for a long time.