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From: jkrueger@dgis.dtic.dla.mil (Jon)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: RDBMS benchmark data
Keywords: RDBMS benchmarks performance
Message-ID: <698@dgis.dtic.dla.mil>
Date: 13 Dec 89 00:37:13 GMT
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bruce@zeb.USWest.COM (Bruce W. Hoylman) writes:

>I'm evaluating RDBMS packages for potential use in a major
>development effort in my company.

And, like most people, you're focusing on performance,
instead of functionality, reliability, vendor support,
and programmer productivity.  Please reconsider.
Don't be like most people.

>The packages I am currently evaluating are:

>		  o  Progress
>		  o  Ingres
>		  o  Sybase
>		  o  Informix
>		  o  Oracle

You can expect adequate performance from any of these.
Within a few years, you can expect little difference
in performance between any of the survivors.  Please
look at things that really matter.

-- Jon
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