I hate to rain on the parade, but isn't this whole thread moot? Even if someone made or discovered the perfect benchmark, isn't it verboten to compile it? I’m assuming that the clause in the Sun Studio 10/10 license means that no one can compile the benchmarks and publish them, n’est pas? http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sss11ent/ http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sssent/
<b>Restrictions. (f) <i>You may not publish or provide the results of any benchmark or comparison tests run on Software to any third party without the prior written consent of Sun. </i></b> Being able to do benchmarks (free as in beer or otherwise) but not talk about them is like dating a supermodel and not being able to tell anyone. If I’m wrong, please let me know. I’d love to be wrong, but I don’t think I am. If the above clauses were removed, then we could do real “Free, Fair, & Open Benchmarking,” but I don’t imagine we’ll see Sun’s lawyers allow that anytime soon… This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org
