Re: Oracle Benchmark Results for Different Hardware Configurations?

From: HansF <Fuzzy.Greybeard_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:45:06 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.09.16.00.39.30.641429@gmail.com>

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:53:22 -0700, joel garry wrote:

>
> HansF wrote:
>

>> But I would be just as big a fool to expect the manufacturer or sales
>> house to give me 10 cars, for one week each, so I could make my own
>> comparison under my normal driving conditions.
>>

>
> I had forgotten about this till I saw it on oracle-l:
> http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy/
> I had seen it before on
> http://www.lifeaftercoffee.com/2006/05/08/sun-fire-t2000-vs-sun-fire-v440/
> I think. Or somewheres.
>

Yup. This was a great promo. A heck of a way to get people - who had the time - to benchmark their own apps.

> Mercedes, Cadillac and one of the Swedes have had promotions in the US
> where you can try them, too.
>

And, last time I checked those promos, there were 'qualifications' that had be be met. I suspect the fine print would have indicated 'no' to my 18 year old son, for whom the car was purchased.

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Received on Sun Mar 25 2007 - 12:45:06 CDT