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

[Paul Ramsey]

The better alternative is getting folks who have done the research,
real research, to talk about it. Simon Greener was beyond excellent
last year for that. Failing that, I am a big fan of the deathmatch
panel.

P.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> (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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