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  3. January 2005

RE: 'Theoretical' SQL question

> > 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

I've yet to see the evidence in the real world. Been at a number of accounts 
where Oracle has been a pig (even with good Oracle DBA's doing all they can) 
and a SQL Server (out of the box) replacement is faster.

--phil

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