I had a Customer in 2000 using SQL Server 7.0 on Windows NT 4.0 on an Alphaserver 1200. The performance, as compared to contemporary x86 machines, was very good

I had a Customer in 2000 using SQL Server 7.0 on Windows NT 4.0 on an Alphaserver 1200. The performance, as compared to contemporary x86 machines, was very good. Was it worth the cost? I don’t know. I never did a dollars to performance benchmark. I suspect it wasn’t really worth the DEC tax.