IT moves on. SQL Server used to be rubbish, but since 2000 its gained respect. Large numbers of companies are moving to MS systems now they have been proved to be stable and cheap.
Other popular databases are much more expensive than SQL Server. e.g. Oracle, Sybase etc
http://www.tpc.org only has systems down to about $30,000 but Microsoft dominate down there with about $3/tpmC
The Oracle&Linux server according to the article won't be available until May, by then Windows.NET Server 2003 will be out (out end of the year) and according to Microsoft will improve Windows/SQL Server results by 18-86% 'shattering the TPC-C benchmark' as they put it
http://www.microsoft.com/windows.netserver/evaluat ion/performance/tpcc.mspx
Wrong, sorry. Nothing (matter, signal, information) can travel faster than the speed of light in any medium. Phase velocities > c are possible, but they are not the speed at which things are carried. That is the group velocity and it cannot be greater than c.
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IT moves on. SQL Server used to be rubbish, but since 2000 its gained respect. Large numbers of companies are moving to MS systems now they have been proved to be stable and cheap.
Other popular databases are much more expensive than SQL Server. e.g. Oracle, Sybase etc http://www.tpc.org only has systems down to about $30,000 but Microsoft dominate down there with about $3/tpmC
The Oracle&Linux server according to the article won't be available until May, by then Windows .NET Server 2003 will be out (out end of the year) and according to Microsoft will improve Windows/SQL Server results by 18-86% 'shattering the TPC-C benchmark' as they put it
http://www.microsoft.com/windows.netserver/evaluat ion/performance/tpcc.mspx
Wrong, sorry. Nothing (matter, signal, information) can travel faster than the speed of light in any medium. Phase velocities > c are possible, but they are not the speed at which things are carried. That is the group velocity and it cannot be greater than c.