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Where Do You Go for Worthwhile Product Reviews?

Posted by Cliff on from the head-to-head dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "What's the deal with reviews and product comparisons? My boss wants independent comparative reviews of proxy and web servers to use to make/justify his decision. We all know that what the vendors write about their own (and competitive) products, so I tried searching for 3rd party reviews. I can find heaps of articles on the web telling us how great IIS is or how good Microsoft's Proxy server is, but nothing showing a back-to-back comparison of Squid vs. Sun Java Proxy vs. Microsoft Proxy, and the same for Apache and IIS. What's happening here? Where can I find an honest back-to-back product comparison?"

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  1. Reminds of a KKK rally I once attended by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was a student at the time. I was interested in race relations, so what better way to get the 'inside scoop' on the whole deal than to see the KKK in action. Know your enemy, and all that. After the rally I sat down with the Grand Cyclops and asked him point blank, 'Why can't I find any good information regarding the superiority of any given race over any other given race?'

    Your question reminded me of that, for some reason.

  2. The right way in corporate America by heinousjay · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lie about it, and recommend whichever vendor gives you the most kickbacks.

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  3. What's wrong with you people? by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find the best source of information about a product is the manufacturer's website. Or just ask a salesperson in a distributor's showroom. They'd never give me bad advice, would they? You're not going to rely on some random "third party" on the internet, are you?

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  4. Here is a good place for unbiased reviews by nightowl03d · · Score: 5, Funny
    I find out everything I needed to know at http://www.slashdot.org/

    Some things I learned include...

    1. The only job a real programmer will take must involve Ruby on Rails

    2. Never buy a MS product

    3. Filesharing music is "fair use"

    4. Programmers should not create closed source programs EVER.

    5. Linux sucks, BSD sucks, MacOS sucks, and Windows sucks. (I am posting from an IBM/360)

    6. The only safe browser is Lynx

  5. How do we know reviews are worthwhile? by Kohath · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly, we need people to write reviews of reviews and post them.

  6. Slashdot, of course by hsoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks to slashdot, I know that the PS3 is total crap, and that the Wii is the best thing since sliced bread. I also know that Vista is nothing compared to Mac OS X. vi is better than emacs.

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    perception is reality
  7. Google "sucks" & "teh sux0r". by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 3, Funny


    ...and then I read a TON of bad reviews. If nobody can find anything bad to say about the product, then I know I've found the one I want...

    If I'm thinking about purchasing an Acme Widget, I google something like acme widget sucks .

    Or if it's a technical product, like the Acme Flux Capacitor, I might google acme flux capacitor teh sux0r .

    Because a bad review is worth its weight in gold.

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