Re: Sybase vs. Oracle

In article <4cchv7$rvc@murrow.corp.sgi.com> pablo@sgi.com writes: > >In article <30E9A6A9.79B1@Informix.Com>, Mark Sigler <MSigler@Informix.Com> writes: >> Pablo Sanchez wrote: >> > >> > My feel on this is that it *appears* that Oracle tends to not play >> > fair in the advertisement world. And I believe that was one of the >> > main points that Francisco was writing in the previous note. >> > >> > My take on it: >> > >> > I wouldn't trust Sybase/Oracle Marketing any more than I could >> > throw 'em. >> > >> > Pablo Sanchez >> >> Glad to hear it as Informix has the best TPC numbers on the >> SGI Challenge and those guys haven't taken the time to show >> the SGI box the respect it deserves. > >Thank you! Our boxes do scream... please don't use our web server as >an example... that's an old box that is serving the entire employee >community... 30mhz chips I believe.... (my workstation is 150mhz)... > Interesting syncronicity in the jan/feb '96 Inform (DEC marketing rag): Oracle tpc-c record of 9414 (from 27-oct-95 Oracle announcement); and "Performance: Facts Behind the Hype." To get a copy, just send in a reply card, blablabla. Of course, 8 alpha processors better give good performance! They stapled the magazine so the Oracle blurb splits the 64-bit Informix blurb in half :) > >> PS: Don't believe any marketing, not even ours. ;) > >Heck, I don't even believe ours... :-)... > >Pablo Sanchez | Ph # (415) 933.3812 Fax # (415) 933.2821 >pablo@sgi.com | Pg # (800) 930.5635 -or- pablo_p@corp.sgi.com >=============================================================================== >"I am accountable for my actions." http://reality.sgi.com/employees/pablo_corp > - pablo -- Joel Garry joelga@rossinc.com Compuserve 70661,1534 These are my opinions, not necessarily those of Ross Systems, Inc. <> <> %DCL-W-SOFTONEDGEDONTPUSH, Software On Edge - Don't Push. \\ V / panic: ifree: freeing free inodes... O