Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

From: Julie <jockgrrl_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: 2000/04/16
Message-ID: <8de05f$vg4$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>#1/1

Ron Johnson <ronjohn_at_gs.verio.net> wrote in message news:38FA622F.8FD3368E_at_gs.verio.net...
> Norman Levin wrote:
> >
> > Jose Pina Coelho wrote:
> > >
> > > Werner wrote:
> > > > Here's another Microsoft "first" for you too, symbolic links!
> > > >
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/02-28w2k.asp
> > >
> > > This is shared /usr, a technology deployed by IBM on AIX 3.2
> > > and abandoned because it was not practical nor robust.
> > >
> > *** really? IBM still supports diskless/dataless AIX workstations.
> > They can only work with a shared /usr
> > --
> > Norman Levin

> VMS has been doing this (sharing disk space amongst 96 machines)
> robustly for 15 years. Why is it so hard for everyone else
> to do it? Of course, VMS clusters are very expensive...

They also make it sound like they invented IPv6.

They really =are= scum ...

Julie.

Received on Sun Apr 16 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT