Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah, but you can't publish benchmarks about any of the RDBMSs for adults (Microsoft and I think Oracle too) as per their license agreement. So never expect these types of articles to have any substance.
I was looking for some earlier today, as I often do when one of these discussions comes up, and when I didn't find any, I suspected that might be the case. It's a shame, as it's another case where a company works to restrict user information, which makes the market less efficient.
So I guess this is when libertarian says: if only there was no state to help stupid corporations enforce these ridiculous restrictions on their customers!