>    I can agree that the software is the one that really has the added
>    value, but to my opinion allowing a stack like Fishworks to run outside
>    the Sun Unified Storage would lead to lower price per unit(Fishwork
>    license) but maybe increase revenue. 

I'm afraid I don't see that argument at all; I think that the economics
that you're advocating would be more than undermined by the necessarily
higher costs of validating and supporting a broader range of hardware and
firmware...

        - Bryan

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