On 19/12/2011 08:27, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Here is one problem: we have choice from three items: > > (1) Make FreeBSD looks good on benchmarks by "fixing" FreeBSD > > (2) Make FreeBSD looks good on benchmarks by "fixing" Phoronix > (communication with them, convincing, that they benchamrks are unfare > / meaningless, ets) (2a) Ignore Phoronix, other than explaining concisely why their numbers are complete balderdash. Publish our own benchmarks, done with care and rigour and using well defined, repeatable, peer reviewed methodology that anyone can repeat. Aggressively publicise these results. > (3) Lose [potential] userbase. Indeed. Unfortunately "performance" is /the/ deciding factor in many OS choices, never mind that it is an impossibly complex subject to generalise to a few management-friendly numbers in a one-size-fits-all abstract way. Having only one source of published numbers suggesting that "OS Foo is better" *even if those numbers are completely bogus* will have a disproportionate effect. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew_at_infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW
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