On Fri, 2019-05-31 at 21:04 +0000, Luca Filipozzi wrote: [...] > However, without an HPE donation or discount, we are much more likely to > follow a less expensive approach: pairs of 2U servers with local > storage, etc. Still not cheap but not multiples of 100k. > > If a hardware vendor happens to offer a discounts, then we can stretch > the dollars further. [...]
As I understand it, list prices for "enterprise" hardware are set with the assumption that customers will negotiate a 50% or higher discount. If that's right, we should expect and ask for discounts, regardless of whether the vendor is interested in being a sponsor. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
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