...it's because the SQL Server code that Microsoft inherited was not close to being able to scale up (no row level locking being a primary deficiency), and NT not yet scalable on SMP...
Kone, what you say is true. I don't want to start a religous war or anything, but I suggest that in addition to not having row-level locking and scalability (Scalability Day?, what's that?), Microsoft does not have the infrastructure (marketing, support, business know-how) in place (yet) to penetrate the large-enterprise mission-critical software market. I think they'll get there one day, but they ain't there yet. They're trying very hard to work with companies that have this savvy (e.g. Tandem), and I would not be surprised to see them be a significant factor in a couple of years. But not before then.
BTW, congrats on the recent Kone IPO. I hope your investment realizes successful growth over the years, and gives you and your wife the returns you desire.
For Clam: you want me to help Vantive with sales this quarter? Me? Talk to Farber. I'm just a tech-weenie COBOL hack. I don't do no steenkin' sales. |
