Message-Id: <10551.111488@fatcity.com>
From: Jack Silvey <JSilvey@XOL.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 18:20:02 -0500 
Subject: RE: Slightly OT : Latest tpC benchmark results - without Oracle!

So can you trust the judgement of a company that owns 99% of the =
world's
desktops and still declares that it is not a monopoly?

I think not.

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics."
	--Mark Twain


-----Original Message-----
From: paquette stephane [mailto:stephane_paquette@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 5:14 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Slightly OT : Latest tpC benchmark results - without
Oracle!


tpm is transaction per minutes and the c stands for a
transactionnal system benchmark.

Go at www.tpc.org for more info on benchmarking.
--- VIVEK_SHARMA <vivek_sharma@inf.com> a =E9crit=A0: >=20
> What is tpmC ?
>=20
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	john.j.kanagaraj@shell.com.bn
> [SMTP:john.j.kanagaraj@shell.com.bn]
> > Sent:	Friday, July 07, 2000 8:14 AM
> > To:	Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject:	Slightly OT : Latest tpC benchmark
> results - without Oracle!
> >=20
> > Hi Listers,
> >=20
> > Came across this note recently. IBM and Micro$oft
> (unlikely=20
> > combination!) broke the 400000 tpmC mark using a
> DB2 Database.=20
> >=20
> > IBM, Intel, Microsoft Eclipse Sun Microsystems and
> Oracle with World's=20
> > Fastest Commercial Server Cluster (9.6KB)=20
> >=20
> >
>
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=3Dusa_press&on=3D2000070605
> >=20
> > Earlier on, M$ had announced that they had broken
> 152207 tpmC (at=20
> > $18.93/tpmC) and 227079 tpmC (at $19.12/tpmC) with
> the Compaq Proliant=20
> > 8500-64P and -96P respectively on 17/Feb/00 and
> then WITHDREW the=20
> > result on 30/June/00. See=20
> >
>
http://www.tpc.org/new_result/c-withdrawn-results.idc
> >=20
> > John Kanagaraj
> > Brunei Shell Petroleum
> > http://www.geocities.com/john_sharmila
> >=20
> > God so loved the world that He didn't send a
> committee! (See John 3:16=20
> > for details)
> > ** Opinions expressed here are solely mine and not
> necessarily those of=20
> > my employer **
> >  << File: WINMAIL.DAT >>=20
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> Author: VIVEK_SHARMA
>   INET: vivek_sharma@inf.com
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