Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Tony Toews <ttoews_at_telusplanet.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 06:47:29 GMT
Message-ID: <nhcucsklor5eattsta4v8n2mome47qd9si@4ax.com>

Larry <lsedels_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:

>You are mistaken.
>
>DB2 on IBM mainframes is constantly being enhanced. It now supports BLOBs, CLOBs,
>Triggers, Stored Procedures, Data Mining, etc. And there are some very large
>databases ... easily into the TBs.

I won't argue that they're not running DB2. But a friend who was doing some contract work for the IRS a year or so ago was telling us that they're still running some 1401 Auto coder emulator stuff. Which predates the 360 by a few years.

Tony

>> >What database platform does the IRS use to process returns?
>> >What database does Proctor & Gamble use for their ERP system?
>> >What database does the Social Security Admin use to track benefits?
>>
>> IBM mainframes likely. Running twenty or thirty year old software with lots of
>> tables still at 80 columns just like the cards.
>>
>> Or am I mistaken?

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