Re:Isn this too much hype?--TPC.org benchmarks (Score 2)

The AC makes a valid point about TPC tests. For the past few months, we've been building a lab which is, as we speak, running the TPC-C and TPC-D tests, as well as the AS3AP tests - pitting Postgres against other RDBMS products, both open and proprietary.

I think the results will surprise a lot of people.

Once we're done with the tests, we'll then look to get them duplicated and certified by outside parties in the press as well as TPC itself.

One fun little factoid we discovered: Some proprietary vendors include a little provision in your software license that forbids you from releasing benchmark information naming their product without their permission. I hereby promise a veritable public relations carnival to highlight that fact.

Regards,
Ned Lilly
VP, Hacker Relations