AFAIK - its a 'case study' which is generally based on truth.
but I'm not in marketing, so I dont really know :)
N
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> Thats assuming that the US military can make a good informed decision
> though. :-)
>
> I heard about that tank story a couple of years back. Is it actually true
> or is it just marketing hype? I spoke to a couple of science type friends
> about it and they thought that it was a bit silly sounding that a tank
> creates an EMP blast each firing. But then again my friends don't design
> military grade weapons.
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> So is it actually true?
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>
> Nahum
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> > Ok, Interbase: that makes sense. And it's just about to be free too. I
> > found the Interbase web site very informative. So then, before I
> > present it
> > as my preference, does anyone have any (recent) reasons NOT to go with
> > Interbase? How fast is it? How robust is it?
>
> As you know, I'm biased, but:
>
> there are faster, but its up there.
> there are NOT more robust, AFAIK, in terms of data recovery. The
> US militery
> use it in the M1 Tank - when they fire the gun, all PC's reboot 'cos of an
> EMP. Interbase got chosen 'cos it comes straight back up....
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> N
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