Why are you comparing things like cars, which are static in design (I'm excluding add-ons) to a network pipe which is dynamic?
Try a figs to figs comparative. Do you feel cheated if you can't burst your network conditions? - WJR On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 15:01, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
