When was the last time "this year's new model car" was less than a year ahead of the current date? ;)
-JEff On 4/13/10 9:18 AM, Shane Williams wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Stephan van Hienen wrote: > >> I saw the following post on the dell forum : >> >> http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/906/t/19324790.aspx >> >>> Dell will no longer prevent customer use of non-Dell hard drives >> attached to PERC H700 and H800 controllers on our 11th generation of >> PowerEdge servers. A Q2FY11 PERC Firmware Update is planned to allow >> non-Dell hard drives to be used with these controllers. > > I found the Q2FY11 estimate to be rather strange, thinking that it was > odd to announce a firmware update a year in advance. But apparently > Dell starts their fiscal year in February, so we're currently in > Q1FY11, meaning the update should be due in the next 2-3 months. > > Of course, now I have to question a company whose fiscal year is off > of real years by 11 months... (maybe this is more commonplace than I > realize?) > > _______________________________________________ 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
