http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=459&tag=nl.e589 On 8/11/05, Billy Verreynne (JW) <VerreyB@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Leandro Guimaraes Faria C. Dutra wrote: > > >> IMO you have not proved or shown anything that Linux is > >> indeed a faster o/s than Windows for Oracle performance. > > > > No, but he has a nice indication. > > Of what? The "science" of observation? > > > Granted, but ever heard of ceteris paribus? > > Yep, though Latin is not my strong suite. The problem is that things > are *never* equal between operating systems. Just observation alone as > a basis of jugding differences in performance between operating > systems is simply invalid. > > It is similar to saying that a SQL in Oracle is slow because you don't > like it taking 10 minutes to complete because you're other SQL takes > 10 seconds - and hey, they are *both* SQL, both on the same table, > both return 10 rows, so both should be equally fast! Right? > > Making judgements by mere observation.. sorry, that simply does not > cut it IMO. > > -- > Billy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Telkom SA Limited > e-mail legal notice available at > http://www.telkom.co.za/TelkomEMailLegalNotice.PDF > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist