From: Norris Subject: Re: Microsoft destroys TPC-C records! Date: 2000/04/08 Message-ID: <8cmdsk$12b9$1@adenine.netfront.net>#1/1 References: <2i3r4.25571$Mp2.349677@typhoon2.kc.rr.com> <8btc46$798$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38e33591.7702568@news-server> <8bvv0q$450$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38e480cd.1787697@news-server> <8c7qt2$16ab$1@adenine.netfront.net> <954707612.13611.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl> <38e8781c.7623327@news-server> <8ca323$ptv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38e9d4c0.9037485@news-server> <38EB5234.B0DFB628@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov> <38EDF9D2.C6E35ADB@dickhead.fwit.com> <8cm3fq$ns7$1@adenine.netfront.net> <38EEB17F.5630@btinternet.com> X-Complaints-To: news@netfront.net X-Trace: adenine.netfront.net 955169492 35177 202.81.252.1 (8 Apr 2000 04:51:32 GMT) Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980818 ("Laura") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE (i386)) NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:51:32 GMT Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.sybase In comp.databases.sybase DNP wrote: > Well some people deal in words, others deal in actions. > To everyone who read this article and agreed with it - please go ahead > and start implementing solutions in SQL Server. You'll simply speed up > the 'evolutionary process' which will eventually see the true technical > champions win out in the end. > Microsoft is a marketing machine first, RDBMS vendor second. Ever > noticed the lack of technical details and reasoned arguments in their > literature - ever wondered why they're not there - ever wonder why every > MS representative you ever see quoted in the press is Mr(Mrs) XXX > YYYYY , Product Marketing Manger???? > When was the last time you ever saw a detailed quote from Mr(Mrs) AAA > BBBB , Technical Development Manager??? > Get the picture yet? > MS has done the job of box-shifting very well. It just happens that the > boxes contain software Cd-Roms that some young(ish) programmers dreamt > up. > David P. > Oracle Certified DBA. > =================================================================================== You can read this article: Microsoft's top developer executives take the offense against competitor's claims http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/99/12/20/991220hnhotmsdev.xml