> The people who need primo hardware already have things like zseries >"People who need primo hardware" ...can buy a mainframe. That is quite the take. >The

> The people who need primo hardware already have things like zseries >"People who need primo hardware" ...can buy a mainframe. That is quite the take. >The rest is in the commodity band, where interchangeability is key. An okay server that I can swap-out with any other vendor is an asset. Setting aside the trouble one has already incurred with a system that needs to be swapped out; switching vendors (even of erstwhile "commodity" systems)isn't a neat process in any medium-to-large organization. There's purchasing, contracts for maintenance, depreciation, validation by your DC people that power and cooling for the new box is good... And...in the end, if you your hardware is truly commodity, swapping out for another vendor is not going to yield a better outcome in the long term. You'll be riding the crap-hardware merry-go-round all over again, just on a different horse. Here's a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a better server.