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[mailto:MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com]Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:46
AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE:
OT - WHAT is a FEDERATED DATABASE ???<FONT
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> the TPC is *independent*. Yes,
and it's flawed and vendors take advantage of this to dupe the
unwitting.
|| Name one metric/benchmark that is NOT flawed. You get a
free meal <FONT
size=2>from me if you do. After you can't do that, name one company
that would
not use a test or competitor's
flaws/shortcomings <FONT
size=2>to their advantage. Come on, it's not about some kind of
dreamy
"perfection", it's about doing the best we can.
I
personally believe that quoting the TPC is alot more
defensible that
quoting Oracle Magazine. LOL!! <FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
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I can
name one. It's the Chris Bowes Mouse Count benchmark
system...
I set
up the computer and software you give me and the competitors and run counts,
table accesses and the like and time it with the Mickey Mouse watch I
got my toddler the last time were went to Disney. I then
stick "YOU WIN" smiley face stickers on the winner and "YOU SUCK" stickers on
the one(s) that don't. In case of a tie, <FONT
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home and take a baseball bat to the ones that don't match my drapes.
(The fee for the test is I get to keep the winner). So do I get the
meal? Huh? Do I? Do I? Do I?
Received on Tue Feb 06 2001 - 12:56:07 CST
