IBM says, publishing benchmark figures is very expensive

Posted in 2003

Obnoxious the troll — 9 May 2003 10:00:08 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

During a recent Infobhan IBM claimed that publishing benchmark for Informix is very expensive. Sure sure. We all understand that the following benchmark was done free of cost :-) http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030509/95193_1.html If they have to lie thru the teeth,the least they could do is to tell a believable lie. Can'e help if their ego won't permit them to admit that Informix is way better than DB2 on unix flavors.

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Hans Forbrich — Sat, 10 May 2003 16:21:31 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxious the troll wrote: > During a recent Infobhan IBM claimed that publishing benchmark for Informix > is very expensive. Sure sure. > We all understand that the following benchmark was done free of cost :-) > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030509/95193_1.html > > If they have to lie thru the teeth,the least they could do is to tell > a believable lie. > > Can'e help if their ego won't permit them to admit that Informix is way better > than DB2 on unix flavors. > > (sorry for replying cross-post) Actually true ... I've heard that a typical TCP for any DBMS/OS combination will run between $1/2 to $5 million. Generally paid for by the hardware vendor! The confusing part, however, is that no vendor will avoid going through benchmarks if they belive they have something to gain.