Microsoft Claims They Beat Oracle Challenge
from the nyah-nyah-nyah-right-back-at-ya dept
Microsoft is claiming that they beat Oracle's challenge to do a specific query on MS SQL a wee bit closer to the speed at which Oracle 8 could do it. Oracle, of course, says Microsoft missed the boat and the contest is over already. This is almost, but not quite, as good as the back and forth press releases Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble released way back when.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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