Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
[The following is an unedited transcript of an internal email exchange yesterday afternoon at SYS-CON Media offices. Disclaimer: We did not have any conversation with any of the hardware vendors regarding the selection of the hardware to install and use for the new "SYS-CON.TV" and "blog-n-play" Web sites. SYS-CON paid full price for the Dell hardware through Dell.com. Strukhoff did not know the online editor would publish his comment on the Web site.]
From: "Roger Strukhoff" <roger@sys-con.com> To: "Fuat Kircaali" <fkircaali@sys-con.com> Subject: Re: Rob did you buy more blades? Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:51:35 -0800
The fact that they say "Dell" on the side of them instead of "Sun" tells you all you need to know about IT today.
----- Original Message ----- From: John Hamilton Cc: web@sys-con.com Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: Rob did you buy more blades?
thank you. now i can sleep a little easier!
*dit it...*
At 06:01 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote: gosh ... i didn't!
but now you've done it ... *_can you put the covers back on those blades_*. i would hate someone to kick it with their feet.
thanks
John Hamilton wrote: Rob did you buy more blades? I see a big ass box on a skid in the middle of your office !!
About Roger Strukhoff Roger Strukhoff holds a BA from Knox College, Certificate in Technical Communications from UC-Berkeley, and MBA from CSU-Hayward. He won a 2009 "Stevie" American Business Award for producing the best publication in its category. He is a former Publisher at IDG and Guest Lecturer at MIT. He splits most of his time between Silicon Valley and Southeast Asia, but can also be found at www.twitter.com/strukhoff
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Infernoz commented on 26 Feb 2005
Dell are beholden to Intel, so tough if you want (better) AMD systems, they also offer a worse deal than other vendors; that's where the high profit comes from! At work we buy from IBM and HP now, not Dell.
Sun at least sell faster, more power efficient AMD Opteron systems * and has systems expertise that Dell can only dream of. If AMD can gain enough (justified) acceptance then Dell could be in serious trouble and Sun (and other vendors) could be laughing.
* You may not realize it, but many Intel systems run slow because the heatsink can't dissipate the excessive heat output of the CPU, so the CPU underclocks to save itself, AMD64 systems don't have these flaws thanks to cooler CPUs and the decent heatsink in AMD64/Opteron retail packs.
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Dell Rules commented on 10 Feb 2005
Here you go, "Dell Q4 earnings rise on revenue of $13.46 bln."
That's why Dell server photos you printed were in SYS-CON's data room. It does not make any difference you guys are publishing JDJ. What did Sun accomplish lately?
#2
Puleeze commented on 10 Feb 2005
The article was a totally pointless fluff piece, but the feedback contains the real humor. Old-school-IT fanboys like the previous poster not withstanding, the nature of IT today is not that you automatically buy Dell, or any other brand for that matter, but that you take a look at what you need and who can deliver the best value. At my company, a Fortune 100 firm, that's usually HP due to service and support contracts, but we often see other logos, including Dell.
#1
You'reAnIdiot commented on 10 Feb 2005
The fact that they say "Dell" on the side of them instead of "Sun" tells you how little you know about IT(period).
Infernoz wrote: Dell are beholden to Intel, so tough if you want (better) AMD systems, they also offer a worse deal than other vendors; that's where the high profit comes from! At work we buy from IBM and HP now, not Dell.
Sun at least sell faster, more power efficient AMD Opteron systems * and has systems expertise that Dell can only dream of. If AMD can gain enough (justified) acceptance then Dell could be in serious trouble and Sun (and other vendors) could be laughing.
* You may not realize it, but many Intel systems run slow because the heatsink can't dissipate the excessive heat output of the CPU, so the CPU underclocks to save itself, AMD64 systems don't have these flaws thanks to cooler CPUs and the decent heatsink in AMD64/Opteron retail packs.
Dell Rules wrote: Here you go, "Dell Q4 earnings rise on revenue of $13.46 bln."
That's why Dell server photos you printed were in SYS-CON's data room. It does not make any difference you guys are publishing JDJ. What did Sun accomplish lately?
Puleeze wrote: The article was a totally pointless fluff piece, but the feedback contains the real humor. Old-school-IT fanboys like the previous poster not withstanding, the nature of IT today is not that you automatically buy Dell, or any other brand for that matter, but that you take a look at what you need and who can deliver the best value. At my company, a Fortune 100 firm, that's usually HP due to service and support contracts, but we often see other logos, including Dell.
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