Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:42:53 -0400 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: All I want is a decent server! Message-ID: <20070407214253.0308e955@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20070407065720.GE71995@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200704061837.l36IbNEF071481@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> <Pine.NEB.4.62.0704061537370.2169@users.757.org> <20070406194249.GB87327@just.puresimplicity.net> <20070407000510.GB70451@tigerfish2.my.domain> <20070407065720.GE71995@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 16:57:21 +1000 Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote: > On 2007-Apr-06 19:05:10 -0500, Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> > wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 02:42:49PM -0500, Josh Tolbert wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 03:38:03PM -0400, telmnstr@757.org wrote: > >> > > I'm having a heck of a time trying to find somewhere > >> > >responsible and responsive to buy a server from. It shouldn't > >> > >be > >> > > Have you considered building your own server? I don't > > know that it would be that much different in price, and > > you seem to know what you want. > > The main (only) reason for buying a server instead of building it > would be to have hardware support. I've always wondered why any non-uber small sized IT company can't do this themselves. > >> > Nobody ever got fired for buying Compaq. Or IBM. > >> Except the head of HP. :) > > I wish I was going to be sent on my way with a cool > > $25 million like Carly... > > Senior executives can't lose. Either the company does well and they > get performance bonuses or the company loses tons of money, they > resign or are pushed and get massive golden parachutes.
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