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Larry Ellison allegedly tried to have a professor fired for benchmarking Oracle
In 1983, at the University of Wisconsin, Dina Bitton, David DeWitt, and Carolyn Turbyfill created a database benchmarking framework . Some of their results included (lower is better):
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- 660
- HN comments
- 234
- Submissions
- 1
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- 16 commenters
Tech Industry & BusinessSociety, Policy & Culture2017
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2017 | Larry Ellison allegedly tried to have a professor fired for benchmarking Oracle by pavel_lishin | 660 | 234 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 16 Hacker News comments by 16 different people, from Jan 2018 to Dec 2025.
Most recent:
- striking · Dec 4, 2025
- diffuse_l · Dec 31, 2023
- xyst · Jun 21, 2023
- AceJohnny2 · Apr 30, 2022
- lelandfe · Dec 7, 2021
- laserlight · Nov 15, 2021
