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Every database vendor claims its new version product can lower the total cost of ownership. Which one should I believe?
In comp.databases.sybase DNP <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com> wrote:
> As a famous author in the U.K. said :-
> "There's lies, damned lies and statistics."
> TPC is all well and good, but does it take into account systematic
> shortcomings of the producst which happen periodically (but certainly
> probably not during an intensive test).
> Another thing TPC calcs don't take into account is
> vendor-technology-churn risk. I.e. is Microsoft still going to be
> actually selling and supporting the products and OS versions used here
> in 3 yrs time? If there's any doubt, then the cost to upgrade has to be
> taken as a total cost of ownership hence total cost of transaction
> performance.
> I don't need statistics to guide me towards good products, I prefer
> first hand recommendations.
> David P.
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> Norris wrote:
>> >> To see MS innovations and how SQL Server 2000 achieved world record TPC-C performance and price/performance results: >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/backgrnd/html/megasrvs.htm >> >> In comp.databases.sybase Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote: >> > On 9 Mar 2000 02:00:23 GMT, Norris <jcheong_at_cooper.com.hk> wrote:
>> >>>> > Everything any culture on the planet has today is >> >>>> > ALL built on somebody else's work.
>> > Don't have the slightest problem with this. That's what makes progress >> > work.
>> > PROVIDED we are talking about "building on".
>> > Badge-engineering and term re-invention like MS does all the time >> > is what I'm against. This is not the same as "building on somebody >> > else's work". This is crap, desguised as marketing. >> > Many years ago, it was the norm to use tar and feathers for what MS>> > marketing does. Nowadays, the stock market hikes up the share price >> > when MS re-names something instead of "building on something"...
>> > Cheers >> > Nuno Souto >> > nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam >> > http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html >> >> -- >> http://www.cooper.com.hk >> http://sybooks.sybase.com/onlinebooks
-- http://www.cooper.com.hk http://sybooks.sybase.com/onlinebooksReceived on Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CST
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