[Tig] color

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, Tyler Hawes wrote:
> product truly realized, and Apple has the resources to do it if they want
> to. However, as a company on the verge of a major investment in higher end
> systems, we are already imagining ourselves as a shop worried about the
> eroding value of our big iron systems. We know first-hand how much you can

When evaluating eroding value of big iron systems you need to evaluate 
it based on how much paying work you will be able to run through them. 
If the profit margins are there for a long enough time, there is no 
need to worry about such erosion.  Your expensive SAN will be eroding 
at the same time as those big iron systems so by the time the big iron 
system has run out of steam the SAN will need to be replaced as well. 
Meanwhile, the big iron system will be providing assured performance 
with excellent support.

The treadmill for "PC" type systems runs a lot faster than big iron 
systems.  These cheaper systems need to be replaced every three years 
or they are already defunct.

Bob
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