Re: DB2 Crushes Oracle RAC on TPC-C benchmark

> Pricing is an interesting game. Some vendors use licencing that is best
> compared to a three year rent (meaning after the time is up you end up
> with nothing). Others charge support per call and assume 1 single phone
> call.. Now that's low TCO :-)
>
> The rule says that you have to be able to actually get what's in the
> result. Whether that is what you want is a different issue. Point being
> that you can call the vendor, quote the product and get the price they
> quote.
>
> Cheers
> Serge
> --
> Serge Rielau
> DB2 SQL Compiler Development
> IBM Toronto Lab

Here is section 7.3.3 from the TPC-C specifications regarding software maintenance.

"7.3.3 Software maintenance must include maintenance updates for both the software and its documentation over a 3-year period. The total cost of the software maintenance must include both the cost of distributing the software maintenance update as well as the cost of the actual update itself. These costs may appear as a single line item or separate line items. The actual distribution mechanism of the maintenance update need not be specified. The vendor must make clear to the customer when and how to obtain the updates.

The maintenance update may include additional features, existing feature enhancements, in addition to the traditional bug fixes. The bug fixes included in a maintenance update must include all that are qualified for general use and are not limited in scope to only that of the TPC-C application.

The maintenance update must not require a level of knowledge, sophistication, or effort to apply over and above the levels needed to install the software product.

It is reasonable that a software product may be stable and mature enough that it would not require any bug fixes; however, it should not be assumed at any time during the maintenance period that there will not be any bug fixes available.

Comment: Software maintenance, as defined above, means a standard offering which includes acknowledgment of new and existing problems within 4 hours and a commitment to fix defects within a reasonable time."

Please refer to this link for more information on the TPC-C specifications: http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/spec/tpcc_current.doc Received on Mon Jan 31 2005 - 22:13:13 CST