Re: Curioser and Curiouser

Very true.

I think it worth noting however that the effort to make Oracle run on platform X may be at a much higher level that what is required to get that level of performance on platform Y.

Jared

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:13:05 -0600, Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com> wrote:
> When I was at Oracle, many, many customers would ask me "privately" which
> platform really is the best for running Oracle. The honest answer was that
> I've seen Oracle run really well on just about every platform there is, and
> I've seen Oracle run really poorly on just about every platform there is.
> The number one ingredient in the performance of Oracle is whether there's a
> PERSON in the system who has the will and the skill to make it run
> efficiently. If you have that, you can run Oracle on anything.
>
> Cary Millsap
> Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd.
> http://www.hotsos.com
> * Nullius in verba *
>

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