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> Oracle's licensing prohibits any benchmarking That tells me all I need to know.

• wenc 9y ago
  Forgive my sloppy phrasing, I should be clear: Oracle's license terms prohibit public disclosure of any benchmarks without their consent. So technically you can benchmark in-house, but you can't publish those results without written permission.
  • DarronWyke 9y ago
    That's a lot worse. It's not just prohibition, it's a way to filter out anything negative through license enforcement.
    • wenc 9y ago
      Yes. SQL Server and others used to have the same terms but was later removed. The original intent was to prevent non-neutral third-party benchmarking by biased agents that sought to discredit their products through contrived setups (which admittedly can be a problem for any product), but to enforce it through licensing seems a bit heavy handed. Oracle does allow benchmarks that are favorable to them (see TPC-C benchmarks).