Dan Luu • 3/5/2014

That time Oracle tried to have a professor fired for benchmarking their database

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This article details a 1983 academic database benchmark from the University of Wisconsin that revealed Oracle's performance was significantly worse than competitors like INGRES. It presents the original performance data and recounts the alleged reaction from Oracle's Larry Ellison, who reportedly tried to have Professor David DeWitt fired over the unfavorable results.

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