[Coco] megaread benchmarking

[Frank Pittel]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 03:30:07PM -0500, Roger Taylor wrote:
> At 01:52 PM 5/20/2010, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >I sincerely tried to build a bridge with you yesterday by making a
> >generous offer: I buy your pak, develop the SuperDriver driver,
> >then give you the resulting product free of charge. I would assume
> >all the risk; you would sell an extra pak and get a free product
> >if I completed it.  In all honesty, I can still do it, but I
> >wanted to show you that I was willing to work with you directly.
> >Instead, you chose to pass on my offer.  Over the years, I've
> >purchased multiple products from you, but in all of the years that
> >Cloud-9 has been in business, you have never purchased one single
> >product from Cloud-9.  Why is that?  Is it a matter of pride?  Not
> >Invented Here Syndrome?
> 
> You know I think the Cloud-9 gadgets are cool, and dangit Boisy I've
> made this clear in words for Years on my site, using banners, links,
> and personal statements.  But I'm not the average customer, and I
> barely have time to use anything except what I'm developing.  That's
> one of the reasons I haven't clicked a Buy Now button.
> 
> And the best bridge we can have is to "compete" silently if there is
> to be any at all from either party.

 
I don't see Cloud-9 advertising their products on this mailing list.
 
 
> >I've watched you on this list for months talking about the drive
> >pak, CoCoNet, etc, and using superlatives like "best" to describe
> >it.  I get the opportunity at the fest to see one first hand, then
> >run a benchmark and post the results. Your response is to blow a
> >gasket and claiming that we are out to get you. Come on dude. You
> >can't be naive enough to think that at some point, megaread
> >timings for your pak wouldn't appear on this list, do you?  If it
> >wasn't me posting it, it would be someone else.  How would you
> >have reacted then?  A lot different, I suspect.  But because of my
> >association with Cloud-9, every time I post something that is even
> >remotely critiquing in nature, you claim I am beating up on you.
> 
> The ever progressing NitrOS-9 image on the pak's distro card (a
> Kingston 2GB MicroSD) might not be the best way to benchmark the
> Drive Pak itself and suggest that all Drive Paks will run the same.
> On top of that, a benchmark is not just a speed test.  When Cloud-9
> demands to set the rules for me, I tend to talk back... at least
> give me that right??

You made claims about your drive pak and got tagged on it. If you don't like
the banchmarks proposed by the Boisy and Mark why don't you present your own.