> Heck, I worked for a company that signed an exclusive deal to only use a single server vendor. How did that work out? Did your company secure a good rate - a

> Heck, I worked for a company that signed an exclusive deal to only use a single server vendor. How did that work out? Did your company secure a good rate - and/or did the vendor become complacent once they realised they didn’t have to compete anymore? Did the contract require minimum levels of improvement in server reliability and performance with each future product generation?