Larry Ellison said the same thing last year, that
Oracle's rival is IBM DB2 not Microsoft Sql Server.
- Steve Orr <sorr_at_arzoo.com> a écrit : > Looks like
the "Federated" Database scene is here to
> stay.
> Now IBM is in the picture and they did it on Win2K
> too:
>
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2599679,00.html
>
> I believe IBM's DB2 is Oracle's greatest
> competition.
>
> So how practical is a Federated database? Anyone?
>
>
> Steve Orr
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 2:04 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> Here are the details of the "withdrawal":
>
http://www.zdii.com/industry_list.asp?mode=news&doc_id=ZE504717
>
> Gary Kirsh
> Next Extent, Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John J. Kanagaraj /FIC321,OPENMAIL/o=BRUNEI
> SHELL PETROLEUM SERIA
> > On Behalf Of John J. Kanagaraj
> /FIC321,OPENMAIL/o=BRUNEI SHELL PETROLEUM
> > SERIA
> > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:34 AM
> > To: oracle-l_at_fatcity.com;
> oracledba_at_quickdoc.co.uk
> > 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http://www.tpc.org/new_result/c-withdrawn-results.idc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
> > my employer **
>
> --
> Author: Steve Orr
> INET: sorr_at_arzoo.com
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