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A good reason why some of the benchmarking software is closed source is because it makes it harder for vendors to design ways to circumvent the point of the tes
by jmercouris 7y ago
A good reason why some of the benchmarking software is closed source is because it makes it harder for vendors to design ways to circumvent the point of the tests (which is often to test the speed of the hardware).
- codr7 7y agoTo me that sounds like just another flavor of security through obscurity, as some vendors will undoubtedly get their hands on the information since the stakes are so high, which defeats the entire line of reasoning. If the source was public, at least the playing field would be level.