Re: Problem with recent PostgreSQL relatedpressrelease

Derek Rodner wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I would like to join the discussion regarding the marketing of
> EnterpriseDB.
>
> First, let me address the benchmarking issue. We do restrict anyone
> besides EnterpriseDB from publishing benchmarks for EnterpriseDB
> Advanced Server. It is a standard practice that almost every other
> commercial vendor follows.

Standard practice doesn't make the really strong stench go away.

> After all, we don't want other companies
> hobbling our technology and claiming they are x times faster. It is one
> of the benefits of being a proprietary product.

You are hobbling your technology by the very effect of being obscured.
To solve the problem you could simply have a qualified benchmark license
that someone would have to agree to.

You state, that if someone wants to do benchmarks they have to request a
benchmark license. Secondly that person needs to document the benchmarks
that they want to run and *before* publishing the settings they used.

You further state that you reserve the right to help them with the
benchmark to offer the most honest display of your products potential.

This isn't difficult and if your claims to performance fame are true you
should embrace the opportunity.

>
> If I am not mistaken, "HOT" is a prime example of a feature that almost
> didn't make it into the 8.3 code-base.
>

To my knowledge HOT has not yet been denied.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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