Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Norris <jcheong_at_cooper.com.hk>
Date: 5 Apr 2000 13:59:33 GMT
Message-ID: <8cfgs5$1aod$1@adenine.netfront.net>

Have you tried to use Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Beta or Release Candidate?

In comp.databases.sybase Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote:

> End-1987, with a pre-release that reached our shores in Australia
> through the back door. Not so great, I'm afraid. But it was fine at
> the time. The only one back then with true row locking, BTW. And
> promptly destroyed my carefully setup test database... :-)

> But it looked promising. At least it could scale linearly in a 12-CPU
> Sequent Dynix. Miles ahead of anything else in the market at the
> time. Where was sql server/NT back then? Oh yes, didn't exist...

> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html

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