Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:47:14 -0500, "Jason Webster" <jason.webster_at_mail.state.ky.us> wrote:

> In short they want their presence and
>their presence to be invisible and their database to be simply taken for
>granted.

Couldn't have said it better. Last thing one wants in these conditions is a "GUI-based" database with a "D-COM based data model" and all sorts of other utter crap.

>
>Personally I long for a Microsoft dominated universe. I want everyone
>(except me that is) to get gut-hooked on gui interfaces and tools that
>require no knowledge of syntax or structure, and forget everything that they
>know about the internals of information systems and how to automate
>maintenance. I think it will eventually drive up my billing rate, and thin
>out competition at the very high end.

Exactly... :-)

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Fri Mar 24 2000 - 02:51:48 CST