Then *buy* the 6 cylinder car. Me, I'd like the option to go to my CFO and give him the option of:
a) paying $2K to boost performance on a server which has reached 80% cpu utilization b) buy a new server for $10K and replace or re-purpose the over utilized server Think of this like a burstable T1 circuit. Capacity/Capability on demand. Sounds like a feature to me. -Jeff Steward On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:52 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > IMHO, you're splitting hairs. Yes, it's a software upgrade, but it's > upgrading the CPU, which is a main component of the hardware. That's like > buying a 6 cylinder car, but only being able to use 4 because the on-board > computer won't "turn on" the other two cylinders. Sure you get what you > paid > for, but it's going to bug you that you have two cylinders you can't use, > due to software restrictions. If I'm buying a 6-cylinder car, I WANT to be > able to use all 6 cylinders. If I want a 4 cylinder car, I'll buy a 4 > cylinder car. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU > > On 21 Sep 2010 at 13:01, John Aldrich wrote: > > > I see your point WRT the routers/firewalls. That being said, that's a > > SOFTWARE upgrade, not a hardware/firmware upgrade. I still bristle at the > > idea of paying, essentially the same price for a "crippled" CPU that I > paid > > for a similar, non-crippled CPU. > > Umm, isn't "unlocking" the CPU also a "software upgrade"? > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
