On 15/02/2019 18:36, Warren Young wrote: > On Feb 15, 2019, at 11:08 AM, mark <m.r...@5-cent.us> wrote: >> >> To say "spend $20..." does not relate to "have to find a workaround to do >> it *today*", nor to "this is a work system, I'm not driving out to >> Microcenter to buy one”. > > What’s your hourly rate? How much did *not* driving out to Microcenter cost > your employer? > > If you’re salaried, there’s the opportunity costs: what work did you *not* do > while trying to save that $20 and hour round trip? > > RHEL drops old hardware constantly, roughly aligning with its ~10 year > support window. It doesn’t surprise me that the early Matrox cards have > fallen out of support by now. > > The last such deprecation to bite me was the 3ware 8000 series cards, last > supported on EL5 or 6. When resuscitating such systems, we either have to > stick with the old OS or upgrade them to 9000 series cards — which won’t > attach 8000 series RAID sets — or switch array technologies entirely. > > Doubtless you can throw heroic efforts at getting old X drivers to build with > current software, but is that a good use of your time, given the alternatives? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Not an uncommon situation though. "Driving" - that's hugely expensive requiring a hire car (never let ordinary grunts use their own vehicles, it might cost more). "out" - 'elf'n'safety, have they signed off the appropriate bit of paper, and who is checking up on the time? "Microcenter" - do we have a preferred supplier agreement with them. Are they even on the SAP system? Far better to use corporate's method since then no-one can be blamed for wastage. "Employer" - Ahh, do you mean the shareholders, the local business manager, or the local team manager. If the latter, can he shift the cost elsewhere and wring his hands effectively?
I would add an "</cynic>", but it wouldn't be appropriate here. -- J Martin Rushton MBCS
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