RE: 'Theoretical' SQL question -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: 'Theoretical' SQL question
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:38:19 -0700 (MST)
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Hall, Philip wrote:

It's a sad state of affairs, and no wonder why SQL Server simply out performs both DB2 and Oracle...

Larry Elison made a $1M bet that SQL Server could not match Oracle's performance even by 10% (I may be remembering the percentage wrong). I far as I know he hasn't had to pay up yet. Oracle still far outperforms SQL Server.

James Rich

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