Windows 7 RC download crashes

I don't understand why querying a database would cause excessive fragmentation. Unless SQL Server is hosed.

Maybe they should invest in some Linux based servers running MySQL or failing that some Solaris kit running Oracle.

Rob

we should all see this as a publicity stunt to get Windows 7 coverage. I'm sure the INQ would still report on it's release but it wouldn't get half as many hits as more M$ bashing!

~ signed, a conspiracy theorist! :P

I agree with Rob, Oracle or even MySQL wouldn't have this problem. I work at a large institution that runs a single MySQL server and it holds up despite the 100s of 1,000s of queries we get per day!!

Wow you get 100's of 1000s of queries per day

MS get that per second

MySQL is not as good as SQL 2008 IMO

Oracle is better but unless u have a MASIVE database its just not worth the insane price tags

Oracle 'Insane price tags'? Ummmm... How about zero-cost for Oracle XE - that insane enough for you? Or even Oracle Standard One which clocks in cheaper than MySQL over a three-year period. Yes, Oracle *can* be expensive. No, it doesn't have to be.

That's a marketing strategy. Having headlines like "high demand crashes download server" is good publicity for Windows 7. I know several startup companies in my area that plan "server crashes due to high demand" on purpose, just to get these kind of publicity for free.

I have had RC1 installed for a a few days now. Go get the torrent from keznews. Your beta Win7 product id will work to activate it.

Mysql is like a subset of the core functionality of MSSQL. In short it's like comparing a calculator with a computer. Sure, both can add 1+1 and display the result but when you need to get real work done, there is no comparison.
Mysql ok for small stuff but for complex apps you need the big guns like oracle or MSSQL.

Fragmentation occurs upon excessive writes and updates and not by reads, any database subsystem can feel the pinch when its gets fragmented, this has nothing to do with SQL server crashing.

Gotta admit how the media can potray what they want to by jumbling words around.

First task for the media, talk to a real SQL expert and not some "wannabe".

what version of windows 7 is working , i mean a member that has a usable torrent with keys

If they crash the MSSQL2008 on purpose, wouldn't it make the MSSQL2008 look bad? It will be ok IF the SQL servers are from a different company, but this time its their own MSSQL... Don't they worry that news people will make this to judge their SQL product? Then they will have people saying their win7 & MSSQL2008 are both bad...

There isn't a day that goes by without something about windows 7. Either people at MS are really clever with their publicity otherwise maybe this is going to be like the messiah and his second coming (and I know, that term has been used like hell about Obama).

I just hope all the hype is really worth it!

Bye. Jon.

theres some backward compatability then!

"Fragmentation occurs upon excessive writes and updates and not by reads..."

Perhaps people downloading something from the site produces a log record in a table? Supposing Microsoft would like to keep a statistic of downloads?

"Oracle 'Insane price tags'? Ummmm... How about zero-cost for Oracle XE - that insane enough for you?"
Ofcourse if you want a small sized database Oracle XE (a free lunch with 4gb limitation?) is good for you but then again so is Mysql, PostGRE and so on.
When you need a real performer (e.g. 100k queries ps or more) usualy the price does not matter. This does not make Oracle's price policy cheap, nor excuse MSSQL's inability to handle what it was built for.
And after all - don't forget that a site like INQ for example can make 10-20 queries just to open the download page...

I know why all of the downloads are crashing... Because their using that new Win 7 (Vista ME/SE) as a server OS lol! What is Windows without crashes or BSOD? Will they change/update the BSOD feature on the Vista re-make? Jeje

I think it's the author of this article that fails to learn something here. Its a marketing tool, publicity stunt to create"buzz", self-induced demand. Really, you think microsoft couldn't assign a hundred more servers with somewhat decent load-balancing to meet the extra demand?? Come on now...

We can learn one more word from Moneysoft --- RC=Ready to Crash.

I just tried to download the RC...

500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

Apparently it's not fixed yet.

"Maybe they should invest in some Linux based servers running MySQL"

Jeah sure mysql.... what a joke.

Set up an Tracker and use Torrent.

To add another view against all the MS bashing. I've been running the RC for a while now. I don't believe it's crashed once. My only complaint is that they do a little more with multi monitor window control (add buttons, right click menus etc). Speaking of databases, I'm having issues getting MySQL to work correctly on it, but I expect that'll be resolved by the time it's officially released.