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In article <36F7FE41.7883DECA_at_cadvision.com>,
Ken Rachynski <krachyn_at_cadvision.com> wrote:
>Well, it took a bit of looking, but I found the key to their solution:
I agree with what you said, but I think all of this begs many questions. The real point that Oracle is making (and I think is valid) is that Oracle solutions have always worked and continue to work on any viable platform. If you are a Microsoft zealot and figure that NT is all the computing power you need, then SQL*Server should certainly get serious consideration. But if the company is not willing to bet the farm on NT, then SQL*Server should be the last product you consider.
Even on NT, Oracle is a terrific database, and from what I understand quite price competitive with SQL*Server, so it is garnering a very large portion of that market as well. Microsoft seems to be pursuing a strategy quite similar to their successful effort monopolize the office suite market by getting SQL*Server into company channels through the backdoor (I guess I mean the "backoffice"). That way they can say, "well, you're stuck with us anyway, so why not spend a few extra dollars and use the database for all the rest of your stuff."
Why doesn't someone ask HP if they really think the solution that they announced with MS is really better than one of their 64 bit Unix boxes running Oracle? I think that might be interesting.
Finally, you are correct, to the best of my knowledge there are no TPC-D benchmarks for SQL*Server, and I've heard that MS forbids publishing benchmarks in their shrinkwrap.
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