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To: rudedog who wrote (10758)	9/12/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 74651

According to Gartner Group, most of the growth in database engines for the next few years will be in the midrange, analytical applications (olap) and the like, so for those apps NT works just fine. These are things like dept level forecasting models for drill down details on sales by region etc. Ive seen a lot of that kind of stuff lately. Of course NT isnt standing still so it will improve but initially start with these smaller apps, thats just fine with me. Besides Dell and Cpq can deliver a better package in the midrange imo. Thanks to all that commented on the sql server development team/effort. Michelle

To: rudedog who wrote (10758)	9/12/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

RudeDaog, MSFT promises - as usual! NT5 is still a long way a way and even when it does finally release - its still NT. A general purpose operating system that is so bottom heavy that it doesnt have a hope in providing high performance required for most enterprise high TPS required solutions. The only answer for those sucked into an NT only world is to throw tons of hardware against the problem. The article means very little - call me when it ever shows a real deliverable to the customer! Toy