[Tilecache] WMS shootout, ESRI and ERDAS

[Chris Tweedie]

Bruce,

Lets set the record straight here. We were invited, but declined. There is
nothing more to it.

I will be at FOSS4G on Thursday and Friday on the CCIP booth. Swing by and I
will sit down and show you whatever you seem to think we are hiding?

The FOSS4G benchmarks are a great starting point and I would like to think
we can be involved next year. I really hope customers do much more by way of
due diligence in selecting enterprise software than just some benchmark
results. 

Lets not forget that we are not the only ones not competing in the event.
Mapguide, Deegree, Mapnik, Cubewerx, Mapinfo, Cadcorp, Manifold  ... the
list goes on (notice, there is no delineation between OS vs Commercial
here). There is no conspiracy here mate and I'd be happy to show you.

Look forward to seeing you next week.

Regards,

Chris Tweedie
ERDAS Australia



Bruce Foster wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> My eyes went wide open when someone said that ESRI and ERDAS are
> participating in FOSS4G open WMS shootout or performance benchmarking.
> Knowing these two companies for the last 15 years, I just couldnt
> digest the fact. Well, things have changed ... thats what I thought.
> 
> Then someone in the list wrote that Erdas is not participating.. Ah..
> there comes the truth, I thought.. things cant be so much different.
> They can never tell you what the performance numbers but they have all
> the energy to tell the world that they are the fastest on earth
> (truly, thats what they claim). Thats like telling someone I have the
> fastest car on earth but will not tell you at what speed it goes or
> what millage it gives (in very very very tiny letters.. it say when
> you fix a rocket engine!!!). They have the budget to fool people but
> not to do the test and tell the numbers. Their WMS is not better than
> anyone else.
> 
> Then our big brother, ESRI. I was hoping to see them at FOSS4G
> presentation here. Just now my colleague said that ESRI dropped out
> due to resource problem. Fantastic.. typical esri approach... take you
> to a point where you cant do anything and drop the bomb shell. There
> are 10,000 guys with that company and they have resource problem !!!!!
> Their person Sakish wrote to the list that they will participate in
> CCIP but not WMS.. how sweet. You want the fact? They saw the results
> of Geoserver and Mapserver and realized that ArcGIS server cant come
> close to that number.. so drop out... very simple... tell what every
> you feel like.. because everyone in the gis community is dumb and
> fool. They had installed the software to the machine, done
> everything.. but when it comes to doing the actual test that takes
> only 10 hrs in total.. they have resource problem !!!!!, thats after
> seeing GS and MS number... not before that. If you want to be
> competitive, then no company on earth has resource problem.
> 
> 
> Folks, wake up.  If you see these guys, just shoot a point blank
> question at them. Ask for the truth. All what we want is the
> performance numbers, is this something difficult ? Dont we have the
> the right to know the performance before investing money in the
> software?
> 
> In most cases, we have the responsibility of recommending the software
> for agencies .. why should one take the risk?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bruce
> 
> NSW, Australia
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