Comments on: Three bold assertions by Mike Stonebraker http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: The query from hell, and other stories | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-101947 The query from hell, and other stories | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:31:01 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-101947 [...] The bold assertions by Mike Stonebraker Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] The bold assertions by Mike Stonebraker Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Pythian Group Blog » Log Buffer #62: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-52697 Pythian Group Blog » Log Buffer #62: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-52697 [...] DBMS2, Curt Monash responded to what he saw as three bold assertions in the article, in particular, the claims Stonebraker makes for the speed of his technology, and [...] [...] DBMS2, Curt Monash responded to what he saw as three bold assertions in the article, in particular, the claims Stonebraker makes for the speed of his technology, and [...]

]]> By: Subodh http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-52500 Subodh Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:15:03 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/2007/09/06/three-bold-assertions-by-mike-stonebraker/#comment-52500 ".....some of these stats surely come from the syndrome of comparing the future release of your product, as tuned by world’s greatest experts on it who also hope to get rich on their stock options in your company, vs. some well-established production release of your competitors’ products, tuned to an unknown level of excellence,* with the whole thing running test queries that you, in your impartial wisdom, deem representative of user needs. Or something like that...." Such perfect words for such a common occurrence. The way sales people emphasize / gloat their products, I would like to get back to them with these words. “…..some of these stats surely come from the syndrome of comparing the future release of your product, as tuned by world’s greatest experts on it who also hope to get rich on their stock options in your company, vs. some well-established production release of your competitors’ products, tuned to an unknown level of excellence,* with the whole thing running test queries that you, in your impartial wisdom, deem representative of user needs. Or something like that….”

Such perfect words for such a common occurrence. The way sales people emphasize / gloat their products, I would like to get back to them with these words.

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