Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **

In article <4781ti$6h2@murrow.corp.sgi.com>, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@ppp-mew.corp.sgi.com> wrote: > >In article <enduser-3110951702080001@204.247.5.19>, enduser@enduser.com writes: >> performance is the least reason to choose oracle over sypbase, >> ingres, informix. even if sybase and oracle were the same, oracle >> is superior in so many ways that it defies description. > >> consider the mass of client tools, media tools, internet tools, and the >> presence of "row level locking". >> >> (heck sybase was so far behind the power curve they overpaid for >> powerbuilder by a factor of >> 3x, a billion if i remember, and still they are way behind). >> ----------------- > >What you list above doesn't tell me that Oracle is superior. You can >argue row-level locking if you like but that sounds more of a >religious war... And anyway, both Informix and DB2/Unix also offer row level locking. It isn't like this is some wonderful Oracle invention. Pat