Re: Oracle TPC-A Benchmarks
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1993 11:17:20 GMT
Message-ID: <1993Aug11.111720.21985_at_pyra.co.uk>
In <248i77$a61_at_infochi.com> rfinkel_at_infochi.com (Richard Finkelstein) writes:
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>I've always wondered about these benchmarks. When the benchmarks
>are actually being performed, are the people performing the benchmark:
>1) looking very serious looking but laughing inside?
>2) holding their mouths tight trying to keep the laughter in?
>3) laughing hard and having a good laugh with the other people
>participating in the benchmark (hardware, software vendors and auditor)
>because they realize what a joke the whole thing is?
>4) being very serious because they know how much sales they can
>potentially make if they do a good job in fooling the public?
No Rich, they're all very serious because:
- It's ****** hard work!
- They know how much damage it could do if they make their box look slower than it really is. (That's why I was surprised (and relieved) that Sequent didn't manage to get better than 1002.37tpsA.)
graeme
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