Re: an article comparing Oracle to other databases

Jared,

    It is no longer MySQL the "hot" product. You have 9,000 times faster than Oracle

     http://www.prevayler.org/wiki.jsp?topic=ScalabilityTestResults

  got there from a link on Fabian Pascal's site. You can guess he is unimpressed ;-) ...

 You can get any answer indeed. Just ask the question which matches the answer you want.

Stephane Faroult

Jared Still wrote:
>
> So is MySQL, supposedly.
>
> These things are usually very subjective, and rarely objective.
>
> Jared
>
> On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 08:49, Ryan wrote:
> > where do they get these 'speed' indicators from? the article says that ibm
> > is faster than oracle?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:04 AM
> >
> >
> > > http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32200.html
> > >
> > > I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL
> > > Server. From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an
> > > organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
> > >
> > > Even 3rd party "think tanks" seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating
> > > software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
> > >
> > > Patrice.
> > > --
> > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net

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