although i think that SQL server will never be as good as sybase et all i have always had it in my mind that its slowness in comparison to others has as much to do with added features in SQL server that are wasteful for most users as running on the windows OS as opposed to a refined unix/linux box.
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>What do you think of this?
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>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776014,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594