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To: johnd who wrote (47501)	7/6/2000 3:05:06 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Sun challenged the Compaq result on the basis that the SQL database did not allow update of a primary key under some circumstances. While this did not affect the benchmark, since that operation is not required, Sun and several others (including Oracle) argued for, and got, a "clarification" of the audit requirements. It is interesting that most of the benchmarks published prior to the most recent Oracle results also would not pass this requirement. Also, the new requirement was not a part of the benchmark audit at the time Compaq ran the test, Compaq and Microsoft presented a version of the configuration which met the new requirement, but Sun pressed to have the results withdrawn and re-submitted, and the Council agreed in a vote of all the members. A benchmark like this costs several million to run. Given the results just published, it is no surprise that Compaq declined to re-run the old benchmark. I would expect them to now be working on a result which compares to the IBM DB2 result rather than spending millions to be #2 and #3...

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