[Benchmarking] Re: [Foss4g2010] Re: Starting preparation for technology comparison presentations

[Cameron Shorter]

(reducing CC list)
Paul,
I agree, table comparisons suck. So does democracy. But is there a 
better/achievable alternative?
I'm hoping you don't say "Make people work it out for themselves".
And yes, performance shootouts like the WMS shootouts are great, but a 
large amount of effort and not likely to be created for foss4g 2010.

How can we take a first step, which helps system architects select 
technology, without them having to repeat all the research themselves?

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Please, spare me the table, please please. I've flamed people in the
> past over tables, and I'll flame them again... they do damage to the
> truth of what it means to actually work with the product. For years,
> ArcIMS checked the box as "supports WMS", for example, but ask anyone
> who actually tried to implement the connector and they uniformly
> agreed it was a piece of sh**. I really have no respect for the
> tables.
>
> P
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Mike, and others from Oracle, that is excellent news.
>>
>> One thing that is likely to be developed for FOSS4G 2010 is a number of
>> cross-project comparisons, as per: http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ and
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GIS_Desktop_Comparison
>>
>> I'm expecting to see a Database feature comparison table, which will at
>> least include PostGIS and Spatialite.
>>
>> It would be great to see Oracle Spatial included in such a table?
>> Would Oracle be prepared to help populate the table and work with the people
>> who create it?
>>
>>
>>     


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