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From: pfrennin@altos86.Altos.COM (Peter Frenning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: _UNIX_Today!_
Message-ID: <3526@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 7 Sep 89 06:30:39 GMT
References: <16054@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <966@utoday.UUCP> <9468@chinet.chi.il.us> <357@simon.UUCP> <971@utoday.UUCP>
Reply-To: pfrennin@altos86.UUCP (Peter Frenning)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <971@utoday.UUCP> greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>
>In article <357@simon.UUCP> steve@simon.UUCP (Steven E. Piette) writes:
>> We all make mistakes from time to time, but too many
>>hide from the heat when that time comes.
>>
>>Thanks Ross for being honest with us.
>>
>Doe Whetstone/Dhrystones/IOStones cover enough?  Application testing
>is important, obviously, but should it be *real* applications (limiting
>us.  I'd like to ask your help in helping us to figure oput what to do.
>No promises, though: if we can't afford it in money or in time, we
>can't implement it.  But, I *know* that I'm not a benchmarking expert! :-)
>
>I'd be happy to collect mailgrams with people's ideas, but an open discussion
>might prove a bit more interesting to all.
>
>Ross
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Since "real users" are doing boring stuff like spreadsheets, databases, word-
processing and similar things, I think what you need are benchmarks that more
closely reflects such activities in a multiuser environment. Two benchmarks 
comes to my mind: Neal Nelson's UNIX multiuser suite (commercial product, but
available at a reasonable price) and TP1(public domain, and what all the biggies
use for their benchmarks, operating system independant or reasonably so). 
I think that a combination of those come as close as possible to what we would
really like to see.


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