It's been five years since SQL Server 2000 (the current version) was released. That's left lots of time for competitors to released faster products. When SQL Server 2000 came out, it set all kinds of TPC records. We'll have to wait and see if the upcoming version does the same thing.

>true as that may be, lately it has been outclassed by all serious competitors. bragging rights are always a part of this set of applications and the fact that the figures have not been released does not hold good. i personally think that the fact that longhorn will not be shipping with the new file system has something to do with it. SQL is so tightly integrated with the OS that when things go wrong with the OS they have bad effects on the DB. As the article says only 8 companies out of 2000 use it for >1TB of info, that in itself tells its own story.
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