Re: lies damn lies and benchmarks

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 15:25:20 GMT
Message-ID: <3CD2ABDE.FD778431@exesolutions.com>

Pablo Sanchez wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3CD193F3.4E2C8B91_at_exesolutions.com...
> > Pablo Sanchez wrote:
> >
> > > "Knut Talman" <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de> wrote in message
> > > news:3CD1480D.9090903_at_mytoys.de...
> > > > Niall Litchfield wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I see that according to the high performance labs at
> accupuncture
> > > (sorry
> > > > > accenture) that MSSQL outperforms Oracle running SAP R/3. It
> turns
> > > out that
> > > > > this is MSSQL 2000 sp2 compared with Oracle 8.0.4! Does anyone
> > > know how old
> > > > > 8.0.4 actually is?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It's like comparing apples and pies. Was this study sponsored by
> > > someone special?
> > >
> > > Although given the exact same hardware, I wouldn't be surprised by
> the
> > > above result.
> > > --
> > I would or they wouldn't have had to dredge up 8.0.4.

> Ya know, I should have known better, this has all the markings of a
> 'database war' I'll let that old dog lie.
> --
> Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
> mailto:pablo_at_hpdbe.com
> http://www.hpdbe.com
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But of course. Same thing as a posting that asks which is better ... Swordfish or Marlin.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 10:25:20 CDT