DTNX Postmaster wrote:
They aren't my perfect world criteria, but a direct quote from Sam Jones' earlier buzzword compliant reply. It was meant to illustrate the often ridiculous nature of vendor benchmarks, how useless they are in real world situations, and therefore how silly it is to pick software based on theoretical limits you will most likely never hit.
Not really ridiculous. All those benchmarks are interesting, as they represent, say, the "intrinsic performance of the software". The problem is to tell (for the vendor) and to take into account (for the reader) the conditions at which the benchmark was done.
But, sure, two pieces of software can be compared only if measurings are done with the same conditions. And one software which has better "intrinsic performance" may not be better in real world conditions.
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