Re: Informix beats Oracle

Posted in 2007

david@smooth1.co.uk — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:39:15 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On 17 Jun, 19:10, "Data Cruncher" <dcrunch...@aim.com> wrote: > http://www.informixcity.com/news6.aspx > > I am bit anxious to know the legality of this > result. Doesn't oracle have a EUA about publishing > benchmark results without their written approval. I always wanted to publish benchmarks but Oracle EULA stopped me. In my view this is typically Oracle bollocks, they claim Oracle is the best and yet are allowed to gag those who may have evidence that contests this. If there EULA legal? Can they gag people like this?

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DA Morgan — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:07:27 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

david@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > On 17 Jun, 19:10, "Data Cruncher" <dcrunch...@aim.com> wrote: >> http://www.informixcity.com/news6.aspx >> >> I am bit anxious to know the legality of this >> result. Doesn't oracle have a EUA about publishing >> benchmark results without their written approval. > > > I always wanted to publish benchmarks but Oracle EULA stopped me. > > In my view this is typically Oracle bollocks, they claim Oracle is the > best and yet are allowed to gag those who may have evidence that > contests this. > > If there EULA legal? Can they gag people like this? Yes. They all do. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)