The TPC Debate (yawn)

[Tony Bain]

Recently on a number of sites the benefits for and against have been debated with, on occasion, these conversations falling into abuse being thrown in both directions.

From a pure technical perspective, the TPC benchmarks make little sense and are probably not relevant to 99% of organizations looking to implement a database technology.* But as a tool for generating visibility, debate and improved public awareness of a new vendors technology they still have an impact.*

This is marketing, pure and simple.* Having a great TPC result is akin to an author having a great review on Amazon.* Doesn’t mean it is relevant for you but if faced with a stack of titles you haven’t yet read you’ll probably look more closely at the ones you’ve heard something positive about.

TPC’s are a tool for the marketing department, just the same as any other form of adverting.

There may be many technical purists who find this offensive.* But the reality is that the database business is a $20b+ a year industry and everyone is jostling for their position.* They will use all valid means to get their product in your mind when you are next making a decision around a database platform.






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