Re: MonetDB test says that PostgreSQL often has errors or missing results

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>>
>> Actually, the report which MonetDB has published I believe is illegal.
>> If they're not running it through the TPC, they can't claim it's a
>> "TPCH" result.
>>
>
> I just resisted getting into that but now you've set me off again.
>  Presumably they're using the public TPC-H data and query generator
> distributed by the TPC, and there's certainly plenty of other unofficial
> reports of results using that floating around.  Where I think they really
> crossed the line here is using that kit to produce unaudited results, and
> then publishing results that included comparisons against a competitor,
> which is clearly not what the TPC intends you to do here.

What the TPC provides isn't really a usable kit. It could be
entertaining to see how their kit works.

Regards,
Mark