"Stigers, Greg [And]" wrote:
>
> X-no-Archive:yes
> Is that a restriction on benchmarking applications on platforms?

As far as I know, it is a standard part of the Oracle license agreement.
Richard G.

> Because
> Oracle is represented on the TPC site, for instance, at
> http://www.tpc.org/new_result/ttperf.idc. Now, if only HP would allow us to
> port their TPC-C benchmark code from the 9000 (ninth on that list, running
> Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.0 for the RDBMS) to the 3000...
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 10:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Oracle and the e3000
>
> Remember, Oracle won't let you make claims about performance or do
> benchmarking to compare platforms.  However, HP could promote using the
> satisfied customer approach.
>
> If Oracle server were priced per user independent of the MPE user license,
> like I believe it is on every other Oracle platform, it would probably
> help it's sales on MPE a lot, too!
>
> Richard
> <snip>


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