Interestingly there is a report on slashdot that Microsoft is upset
by a quote that Larry Ellison commented that MS SQL Server only
performs well on benchmarks, not real apps.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/27/1457215&mode=thread

Even more humorous is the fact that Ellison's comments violate
the SQL Server license agreement. Which is even more humorous,
because Oracle's agreement, (last time I saw one) said the same
thing.

So did Compaq break the agreement then, or do you only break the
agreement when the results are not as good. :)

Neil
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Subject: OT: TPC-C et al


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Why does Microsoft take TPC-C and TPC-H so seriously?

From http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/tpc.htm:
On October 6, 2000, Compaq published a new record-setting TPC-C result,
recording the highest performance ever, running Windows 2000 and SQL Server
2000. With a performance rating of 505,302 transactions per minute (tpmC)
and price/performance of $20.68 per tpmC, the 24-node ProLiant system is the
first and only result to break through the half-million tpmC threshold.

On the TPC-C performance list, SQL Server now holds the number one position,
four of the top five, and five of the top 10 results. Microsoft Windows®
2000 holds six of the top 10 results.

also

SQL Server currently dominates the TPC-C price/performance category for SMP
servers by holding all top 45 positions, as of February 16, 2000.

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com