Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Tony Toews <ttoews_at_telusplanet.net>
Date: 2000/03/12
Message-ID: <7krncso1h7kepj0f8f728kpo53kbej8qu5@4ax.com>#1/1

jason.webster_at_mail.state.ky.us (Jason Webster) wrote:

>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?

Tony

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