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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Benchmark Myopia
I love a guy who know how to whip a metaphor into senseless submission.
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The driver is Bill Gates, the walking man is roadkill, the competition is eliminated, Bill wins no matter what. Later, homicide charges are dropped because prosecution would be bad for the automotive industry and stifle innovation. ;-)
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:38 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
what happens if the man walks and the dragster runs out of gas after four miles?
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:45 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
A few years ago I saw a show where a guy won a bet saying he could win a race against the world's fastest high performance dragster... on foot! Of course the dude on foot got to define the race. The length of the race was only about 10-20 feet. The man on foot and the dragster edged up to the starting line and the tension mounted as the starting lights went down the tree to green. Everything was filmed in slow motion and there was visible proof that the man on foot beat the dragster to the finish line only a few feet away. A few seconds later the dragster was deploying its parachute a quarter a mile away but it lost the 20 foot race.
MySQL is like the man on foot... it may win the 20 foot race but who cares because the real race must be a distance that reflects real work. To me the real race is more like the Baja 1000 and I could probably beat the dragster in my Ford Explorer.
Steve
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Author: Orr, Steve
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