[THIN] Re: OT: Dell PE 1855 Blade Servers
- From: "Steve Greenberg" <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:00:26 -0700
One thing is clear though, to be fair, HP and IBM innovate server designs
and new architectures. DELL realistically is a commodity shop that produces
"me too" products. They are perfectly good products and often at a better
price, but they really don't innovate much and offer more limited management
and provisioning capabilities.
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mark Mucher
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:41 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Dell PE 1855 Blade Servers
Jim,
You make some good points - but!
(My memory's not so good, so correct me if I am wrong...)
Hasn't HP been in and out of the PC biz? Did they have Intel servers for a
long time or just the minis (e.g. 9000)?
Are all HP servers now from Compaq?
And I think Dell is older than you think - remember PCs Limited? I had one
20 years ago... (admittedly not server-class, tho...)
When DID servers as we know them start?
Thanks,
Mark
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:48 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Dell PE 1855 Blade Servers
All I can say is this. When I make a decision it is an intelligent and
informed one. One of the largest criterion for a decision I make when it
comes to hardware and software(or any product for that matter) is the
companies reputation in the industry, their experience with a given
architecture, how long have they been and around and how long do I expect
will they be around in the future.
It is a rarity that I have made a poor decision. My ISP has never gone
belly up, my cell phone company has never changed hands and neither have my
utility companies I choose.
Compaq, Dec have changed hands, as have gateway and a myriad of other
hardware vendors. IBM has always been IBM and HP has always been HP. Both
companies have been around a lot longer then Dell. IBM has been around
since the early 1900's, HP has been around since the late 1930's and Dell
only came onto the sc ene about 15 years or so ago. They have a long way to
go before they catch up to IBM or HP.
JK
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