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From: ballou@nebula.ACA.MCC.COM (Nat Ballou)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: OODBMS Benchmark
Summary: Goal of thesis.
Keywords: OODB, benchmark
Message-ID: <392@nebula.ACA.MCC.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 89 15:58:24 GMT
References: <389@nebula.ACA.MCC.COM>
Organization: MCC, Austin, TX
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This is in regard to my original posting about my thesis work on OODB
benchmarks.  After receiving several replies, I have realized that I
should have added something.

The goal of my thesis is not to compare OODBMSs.  I plan to state what systems
were used in the beginning of the thesis, but I will not identify the systems
in any of my results (i.e., any numbers or graphs will have manufactured names
such as System X, System Y, etc).  If someone who supplied me their system
wants to know how they did, I will tell them which of the manufactured names
is their system, but I will not tell them who the other manufactured names
represent.  The real goal of my thesis is to come up with a good benchmark,
and analyze the usefulness and limits of such a benchmark.

Again, if any of the startup OODB companies are interested in supplying me a
version of their system, please send mail to nat@mcc.com.