Re: Newbie's Oracle 9i impression: it sucks

syltremspammenot_at_videotron.com (Syltrem) spray-painted on the wall <77sH8.1166$H67.7133_at_tor-nn1.netcom.ca>:

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>I'm a VMS guy. I have 500 + users on my server and even when one of the
>guys has an infinite loop in his program, it's hard to tell; the machine
>is slower a little bit, but there's no perceptible wait time. That's
>REAL multitasking. Process quantum has it that you'll get your share of
>CPU even in such situations, and even though a program takes 1 hour
>elapsed to finish instaed of 30 minutes when the system is very busy, a
>user running an interactive application will barely notice the system is
>slow (because it has so many users to serve).
>

I agree! Long Live VMS! Received on Fri May 31 2002 - 18:01:54 CDT