Re: Larry Ellison comments on Microsoft's benchmark

> Microsoft might have shipped a potentially __crippled__ version of a powerful new SQL
> Server ...
> ... The TPC-C scores were invalidated because the beta
> version of distributed partitioned views that Microsoft used in the
> audited benchmark didn't support the ability to update primary keys.
 To be honest, distributed partitioned
> view support without the ability to update a primary key would have
> been very limiting for real-world applications.

So a delete followed by an insert would be a cripling limitation ?

> Microsoft is working aggressively to publish new
> numbers, but $4 million systems with 96 CPUs don't grow on trees.

Have you looked at microsoft profits ? This is nothing for microsoft. A hassle to get money for the project but if somebody high up wants it, this isn't a problem. Received on Tue Jul 18 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT