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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 510.37+1.4%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST

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To: almaxel who wrote (49152)9/11/2000 7:53:45 PM
From: DiViT  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
Oh, the same TPC bench marks the SunStroked crowd dismisses
whenever they are quoted to Sun's detriment.

Interesting they FORGOT to mention IBM's rather impressive numbers...

Sun's $1,159/QphH (6,569.1 QphH@1000GB)
Compaq's $2,171/QphH (6,514.1 QphH@1000GB)
IBM $670/QphH (12866 QphH@1000GB)

tpc.org

Top Ten Reasons in Favor of TPC Benchmarks
tpc.org

Sun just demonstrated this one:

4. Balances Vendors' Marketing Claims

When was the last time you read in a vendor's press release, or heard a vendor's sales or marketing representative say, that they have the second best performing system on the market? Instead everyone is a winner. TPC results help to act as a sanity check on such claims of performance leadership.
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