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From: Steve Poe <[email protected]>
To: Mischa Sandberg <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons?
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 15:29:28 -0700
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>IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems.
>The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay.


Mischa,

I certainly understand your concern, but the  price and support 
sometimes go hand-in-hand. You may have to pick your batttles if your 
want more bang for the buck or more support. I might be wrong on this, 
but not everything you buy on E-Bay is unsupported.

We purchase a dual Operton from Sun off their E-Bay store  for about $3K 
less than the "buy it now" price.

 From an IT perspective, support is not as critical if I can do it 
myself. If it is for business 24/7 operations, then the company should 
be able to put some money behind what they want to put their business 
on. Your mileage may vary.

Steve

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