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        <title>Re: Analysis of the IBM Results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Perhaps I missed something, but it looks to me that Sun published numbers prove that WebLogic performs better than Sun Java. My favorite metric is JOPS/core (and not JOPS/CPU -  Power5 for example is dual core since the beginning)<br><br>WebLogic on 20...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:30:16 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:30:16 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 22, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Jacques Talbot</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Analysis of the IBM Results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>... but $$/JOPS doesn't take in to account the unreported costs of the machines and such. Also, the JOPS/CPU price gives a more definative &quot;which is faster&quot; result. </blockquote><br><br>Will, <br><br>First, let me start with the...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:31:47 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:31:47 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 21, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Rich Sharples</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Analysis of the IBM Results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>As I blogged recently :<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/sharps?entry=performance_at_a_cost" target="_blank">http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/sharps?entry=performance_at_a_cost</a>you can't normalize on CPU - it isn't a universal...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:31:00 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:31:00 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:31:00 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 17, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Will Hartung</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>2</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Ceteris paribus</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I just cannot understand why it should be impossible to compare appservers on the same hardware.<br><br>Just take an off the shelf high-end Intel hardware, put a database and the most recent JDK onto it. Then keep this system unchanged for the next 5...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:10:12 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:10:12 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 17, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Juergen Weber</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Re: Analysis of the IBM Results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>I like to reduce the JOPS to a JOPS/CPU number</blockquote><br>As I blogged recently :<br><br><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/sharps?entry=performance_at_a_cost"...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:12:21 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:12:21 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 17, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Rich Sharples</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>4</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>why not theserverside do a benchmark</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I suggest theserverside.com conduct a benchmark with bea and ibm reps around. easy isn't it?<br>(i assume theserverside.com hasn't been acquired by ibm yet). <br>hey, btw, let's have Hani around too, you know. just in case.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:20 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:20 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:12:20 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 16, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>vijay kumar</jf:author>
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        <title>could not agree more</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I have similar experience as stated in the blog. And the management team's reponse (in a private conversation) to the failure is that.<br><br>&quot;If IBM could not complete the project, then none of us can be blamed&quot;]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:57:19 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:57:19 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:57:19 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 16, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Hank Li</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>1</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>IBM results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;IBM can provide discounts as steep at 90%+ if they want&quot;,<br>and then: <a href="http://nobodygotfired.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-ibm-conned-our-it-execs-out-of.html"...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:56:39 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:56:39 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 16, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Wojtek Serafin</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>2</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Come on BEA dudes - dont insult our intelligence</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>... BEA only used $100k in app server software licenses vs. IBM needing $480,000 in application server software licenses.  That&#x2019;s 4.8x the cost for only 64% more throughput.BEA only consumed $38,000 in hardware on the app server tier...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:14:17 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:14:17 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>David Carew</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>3</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>A few questions for the BEA folks on here</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[John,<br><br>I certainly appreciate your point of view and appreciate the questions.  <br><br>Your first question was about the timing of Sj2004 numbers from BEA.  I can assure you that WebLogic Server 8.1 was not &quot;broken&quot;.  There is a very...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:15:24 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:15:24 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Eric Stahl</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>general experience</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Not a long time ago IBM claimed that DB2 is faster than Oracle, the IT industry laugh to it in silent.<br><br>Now it is WebSphere's turn to claim it is the fastest.<br><br>Do you know why Microsoft pickup WebSphere instead of WebLogic to compare with...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:45:07 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:45:07 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:45:07 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Hank Li</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Analysis of the IBM Results</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[List prices? Geez, you don't even buy a car at list. IBM can provide discounts as steep at 90%+ if they want. But the big picture is not even being discussed here. Integration with middleware apps, enterprise applications on the mainframe and on the...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:18:00 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:18:00 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:18:00 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>J Katz</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>They're dead, they just don't know it yet</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Ever see Dawn of the Dead? Zombies walking around... BEA's share of the market will continue to erode as IBM pulls ahead.]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:11:34 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:11:34 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>J Katz</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>IBM posts new SPECjAppServer2004 score</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Find below my personal 2 cents assessment comparing WAS and WLS.<br>This has not been done in the thread, as far as I am able to browse.<br>I am not with IBM or BEA, just using both.<br><br>Reality is vendors are doing everything possible to confuse poor...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:27:11 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:27:11 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:27:11 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Jacques Talbot</jf:author>
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        <title>Analysis of the IBM Results : the real figures</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=37560</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Eric, your analysis is somewhat wrong. You can not rely only on prices to compare hardware! <br>In the IBM benchmark, the app servers hardware are 8 IBM with 2 processors each(1.9MHz) with 4GB RAM on each.<br>In the BEA benchmark, the app servers...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:50:40 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:50:40 -0500</jf:creationDate>
        <jf:modificationDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:50:40 -0500</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Nov 15, 2005</jf:date>
        <jf:author>bruno chevalier</jf:author>
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