i've been quietly reading this thread. i personally tend to think it benefits the customer in many more ways if 3rd party HDDs can be used in Dell servers. the "lock-in" really only benefits Dell, no matter how their marketing wants to word it in their literature. the IT industry is mature enough now, we've seen this before and we can see what Dell is trying to do many, many miles away.
that said, I can't blame Dell for trying to find ways to increase profits; albeit, i don't think locking-in customers to buy dell only HDD is the right way. in any economic trade situation, whenever one party tries to "milk" the other party, it never works out in the long-run; i'm sure any econ. prof will tell you the same. however, bottom line is this: Dell is trying to increase profits and they see this "lock-in" as a potential method to achieve that goal. if Dell customers want to see this change, you'll just need to show Dell that it doesn't accomplish that goal. I.e., stop buying Dell, cancel your orders, etc. anything short of this will not change how a business operates. no amount of complaining on this mailing list is going to make this change until dollars are at stake. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
