NewsForge: Linux Lacks Testing Methodologies

“How can potential buyers judge the differences in performance
among applications running on various Linux distributions? Linux
kernel stability and reliability testing is quite sophisticated,
thanks mainly to efforts such as the Linux Test Project, but
measuring application performance on Linux is more difficult. The
Open Source Development Labs is calling for application vendors to
put their products to the test for scalability, security and
clustering. In keeping with the open source approach, the lab is
also calling on vendors to share their testing and results.

“OSDL lab manager and open source test-giver Tim Witham is on a
mission to push Linux performance testing to higher-level,
real-world applications, to produce reliable, retestable,
comparable data that will let users compare the operating systems
or open source applications in a transparent fashion…”

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