[Info-vax] vtAlpha and marketing bullshit

[Who Else]

On Dec 19, 12:50 pm, Pinocchio <pinoc... at gmx.com> wrote:
> >> Their architectural decisions are another topic. My point they should lie
> >> less and instead  publish concrete benchmark results if they are hope to
> >> interest anyone. vtAlpha have no any  objective architectural advantages
> >> compared to Charon Axp for example. Although their  marketing trying to
> >> convince us in quite the contrary.
>
> > Sir, I beg to differ... By buying vtAlpha instead of Charon AXP,
> > I have a one stop shopping, and a one stop support too. Not the
> > case with Charon Axp, where I will be left alone with the support,
> > or lack thereof, of the underlying Linux or Windows layer. A big
> > advantage if you ask me. I have already been confronted enough times
> > with support conflicts to know that I want to avoid them by all means.
>
> I am agreeing with you about one stop support. By absence of advantages I mean absence of performance related advantages. First thing about any simulator I want to know is
> a performance. It’s a primary characteristic of this kind software. Instead of this I am reading fairy tales about “bare metal”. In fact after first time reading vtAlpha SPD I was really
> impressed by such architectural approach. Of course there were some doubts - complexity of writing such thing can be compared only to writing new OS from ground up.
> Nevertheless I was greatly disappointed after looking into vtAlpha box. No bare metal, no miracles only plain boring Linux.
>
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What is your basis for claiming there is an "absence of performance
related advantages"?  Is this based on your own benchmarks? Or are you
making assumptions - the same thing you are criticizing the vendor
for?

Asked as questions, you have some reasonable points. Have you
contacted the vendor with your concerns and requested additional
information or benchmark details?