[Benchmarking] Some new raster benchmarks

[Jeff McKenna]

Chris Tweedie wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Yes I was aware of what happened pre-2009. Shawn was involved in some
> web chats but it seemed our involvement came too late with the platform,
> tests and other items already confirmed. Shawn was very keen to include
> some advanced raster workflows but was flat out rejected in very
> "succinct" language I believe.
> 
> The event itself was a month before our major 2010 release so timing was
> also an issue. Shawn as the PM rightly made the call to pull out before
> we really were ever involved. 
> 
> As for the blog, that's his personal space much like mine which needs to
> be treated as such.
> 
> What does boggle my mind is why ERDAS is hit from all sides on this and
> yet ESRI got off scot-free? To even suggest that ERDAS and ESRI were at
> the same level of involvement is a lie. ESRI had physically configured
> ArcGIS Server on the machine, were running performance tests and then
> pulled out a few weeks before due to resourcing. I guess a bad analogy
> would be ESRI pulling out of the race a meter from the finish line while
> ERDAS were never even on the track let alone the gate!
> 
> Will we participate in Barcelona? I have no idea ... its not my call.
> Would I like us to? Yeah I would, but its pretty clear from my POV that
> the slate needs to be wiped clean and things start fresh for next year
> so all this can be left behind us.
> 
> Chris

Hello Chris,

I think Andrea's response handled Shawn's questions well.  The goal is 
to start planning for 2010 as soon as possible, and to come to an 
agreement on the exercise details so that each development team can work 
in those parameters.

With respect to ERDAS and ESRI participation in 2009, ESRI informed the 
benchmarking organizers directly about their decision and it was handled 
very professionally.  Please Chris, I ask that the ERDAS team for 2010 
let us know their thoughts directly, and not resort to personal blogs to 
let the world know about our "water gun fight".

It would be great if you want to lead the ERDAS Apollo team for the 2010 
exercise.  The proposed timeline for the exercise can be found at 
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2010  We can all work together 
to make sure that everyone is happy with the exercise.  I think it's 
great that we're talking about 2010 already, to give everyone lots of 
time to ask questions and discuss on this list.

Thanks!

-jeff