On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@sun.com> wrote:
> Bottom line here: if someone comes along and provides the same level of > service for a better price, the market will flock to them. Or if the market > decides the current level of service is unnecessary, it will move to vendors > providing the sufficient level of service at the new price point. But for > now, there is no indication that the current pricing/service level models > aren't correct. You may /want/ and /think/ that a BMW 528i should cost $30k > (I mean, it's not really any different than an Accord, right?), but the > market has said no, it's $45k. Sorry, the market is correct. >From my perspective as an IT pro, Sun is selling BMW's at $200k. It's a great car, but a Mercedes is half the cost. Most hardware consumers have already flocked to the competition, which explains Sun's staggering losses and the Oracle buyout. We can't afford to pay tens of thousands of dollars extra for bragging rights over IBM, HP, or Dell shops. Daniel Bakken Systems Administrator Economic Modeling Specialists Inc Moscow, Idaho _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
