On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bond Masuda <bond.mas...@jlbond.com> wrote: > however, bottom line is this: Dell is trying to increase profits and > they see this "lock-in" as a potential method to achieve that goal. if > Dell customers want to see this change, you'll just need to show Dell > that it doesn't accomplish that goal. I.e., stop buying Dell, cancel > your orders, etc. anything short of this will not change how a business > operates. no amount of complaining on this mailing list is going to make > this change until dollars are at stake.
Let me chime in here; after recently shopping between Sun, Dell, and several other vendors for a 64-TB storage server, I opted to go with a non-Dell solution. The research lab this hardware is intended for already has several MD-1000 shelves, so I was initially leaning strongly towards Dell. Although I made the choice prior to hearing about this fiasco, this has wiped away any doubts I had about whether I made the right decision in moving away from Dell. Although Dell hardware has long been my first choice in the server room, this policy is going to be a big mark against them in the future. -- Systems Programmer, Principal Computer Systems Group College of Engineering The University of Arizona _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
