RE: Slightly OT : Latest tpC benchmark results - without Oracle!

Maybe we should all switch over to DB2...

I'm sure Larry is scared $hitless over this one...

• "Shockey, David" <DShockey_at_jwrinc.com> wrote:
  > Hmmm. Mine must be one of the 1% because I own this puppy.
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:26 PM
  > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  > Oracle!
  >
  >
  > So can you trust the judgement of a company that owns 99% of the world's
  > desktops and still declares that it is not a monopoly?
  >
  > I think not.
  >
  > "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."
  > --Mark Twain
  >
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 5:14 AM
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  > Oracle!
  >
  >
  > tpm is transaction per minutes and the c stands for a
  > transactionnal system benchmark.
  >
  > Go at www.tpc.org for more info on benchmarking.
  > --- VIVEK_SHARMA <vivek_sharma_at_inf.com> a écrit : >
  > > What is tpmC ?
  > >
  > >
  > > > -----Original Message-----
  > > > From: john.j.kanagaraj_at_shell.com.bn
  > > [SMTP:john.j.kanagaraj_at_shell.com.bn]
  > > > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 8:14 AM
  > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  > > > Subject: Slightly OT : Latest tpC benchmark
  > > results - without Oracle!
  > > >
  > > > Hi Listers,
  > > >
  > > > Came across this note recently. IBM and Micro$oft
  > > (unlikely
  > > > combination!) broke the 400000 tpmC mark using a
  > > DB2 Database.
  > > >
  > > > IBM, Intel, Microsoft Eclipse Sun Microsystems and
  > > Oracle with World's
  > > > Fastest Commercial Server Cluster (9.6KB)
  > > >
  > > >
  > >
  > http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_press&on=2000070605
  > > >
  > > > Earlier on, M$ had announced that they had broken
  > > 152207 tpmC (at
  > > > $18.93/tpmC) and 227079 tpmC (at $19.12/tpmC) with
  > > the Compaq Proliant
  > > > 8500-64P and -96P respectively on 17/Feb/00 and
  > > then WITHDREW the
  > > > result on 30/June/00. See
  > > >
  > >
  > http://www.tpc.org/new_result/c-withdrawn-results.idc
  > > >
  > > > John Kanagaraj
  > > > Brunei Shell Petroleum
  > > > http://www.geocities.com/john_sharmila
  > > >
  > > > God so loved the world that He didn't send a
  > > committee! (See John 3:16
  > > > for details)
  > > > ** Opinions expressed here are solely mine and not
  > > necessarily those of
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