Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!sgi!wdl1!mitchell
From: mitchell@wdl1.UUCP (Jo Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Database Recommendations
Message-ID: <3560013@wdl1.UUCP>
Date: 20 Apr 88 00:25:56 GMT
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	The benchmark that I mentioned was done in-house in Sep of 87.
	It compared the said DBs on various DB capabilities which were weighted
	according to the need of the benchmarkers.  Each DB received
	a score of:
            Score  Capability
		0 not present
		1  Poor
		2 Fair
	        3 Average
		4 Good
		5 Excellent
	You can see how partial this system may be (for instance if Oracle
	received a score of 5 in a category that was weighted of importance
	2 they would receive 10 points; however if Ingres received a score
	of 3 in a category that was weighted 4 they would receive 12 points).

	To satisfy y'all I'm trying to get Ford to release a subset of
	this benchmark.  When and if it happens I'll let you know.