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At least as early as the late 90s, servers were sometimes sold with parts—disks, controller cards, CPUs (in the days when multi-socket was more common), et c—di
by corrral 4y ago
At least as early as the late 90s, servers were sometimes sold with parts—disks, controller cards, CPUs (in the days when multi-socket was more common), et c—disabled in software, unlockable if you paid for an upgrade.
- bb88 4y agoThis is true of test bench equipment today. They use this for vertical marketing. I'm fine with it since it's mostly just software anyway. Yes you can hack it, and people do, but if you're going to use it for proper validation and certification, you're going to pay for those features anyway.