Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records!

I am unfamiliar with DB2 UDB (and now will go read up on it), and have had limited exposure to Informix. However, if you say they are real competition for Oracle, I will take you at your word. Regardless though - I sense that that will change in the next year or two as Microsoft slowly takes over this section of the market as well - like some rapid growing and insidious bacterial infection.

sonya

In article <38B42FDC.CE7FD167_at_us.ibm.com>,   Larry Edelstein <lsedels_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:
> To answer your question, Oracle had both DB2 UDB and Informix as real
> competition prior to SQL Server 7. And as of now, if you ask any of
the
> major consulting firms like Gartner, Meta, Giga or if you cruise the
press,
> you will find that DB2 UDB is still "real" competition for Oracle ...
very
> real.
>
> tandym_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > It proves which company has the better programmers. Perhaps
benchmarks
> > aren't applicable to the average business owner or IT manager- but
they
> > _sound_ impressive. And until sqlserver7 - what real competition
did
> > Oracle have? Sybase? *guffaw* So, with this in mind, the
benchmarks
> > keep the blood of creativity flowing - competition grows stiff, and
> > that _IS_ good for the consumer, because it gives Oracle reason to
make
> > their product better, faster.
> >
> > sonya
> >

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Before you buy. Received on Thu Feb 24 2000 - 08:20:28 CST