On 2/10/2010 12:20 PM, Eric Rostetter wrote: > Quoting Mirosław Jaworski<[email protected]>: > > >> We anxiously wait for further lock-ins. >> > I had a "slippery slope" rant in my last email, but I decided to remove it > before sending... See you think a bit alike... > > The funny thing is, when we ran DEC and SUN stuff, all Dell ever told us > was why we should switch to their "Industry Standard" hardware; how great > it would be to use "Industry Standard" equipment because we could buy > stuff off-the-shelve and not have to buy from a specific vendor; how using > their "Industry Standard" computers would remove software incompatibilities > and such... > > So much for Dell's Industry Standard hardware, huh? Wonder what their > new sales pitch will be now? > > Maybe they can steal a line from the diaper commercial (yeah, think about > it...)... Dell -- We're a big kid now... > > Anyway, again, I don't much care, I'll just buy anything new with the > older PERC 6 cards for now. I know the bandwidth is better in the new > PERC cards, but I can deal with the current speed... > > If/When Dell only offers lock-in PERC's, well, I'll figure out what to > do then... > > that's when you don't order a raid card from dell and go third party..until Dell has their motherboards reject non-Dell hardware....
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