Las Vegas, NV – November 11, 2001 - In his keynote address at Comdex today, Bill Gates announced a significant milestone for Microsoft's enterprise platform: a Unisys ES7000, running Windows Datacenter Server Limited Edition and SQL Server™ 2000 Enterprise Edition, set a new high-water mark for Windows performance on the prestigious TPC-C Non-Clustered Benchmark test. Auditors clocked this system processing an astounding 165,219 transactions per minute, a new world-record for Windows-based systems. Moreover, at $21.33 per transaction, this result lays claim to the best price-performance of any entry in the top ten performance list, whose remaining systems cost twice as much per transaction on average.
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