[geeks] As Heard on TV

[Rob]

I just saw this on TV. Any idea what the hell they mean by
non-proprietary?

I had the same reaction as you.

- Rob

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> Dell Commercial:
>   Suit: "Why did you install these new servers?"
>   Tech: "To cut costs...these new PowerEdge servers use Intel Xeon
>          processors, so we don't get locked into proprietary
>          technologies."
>
> 1:    Hahahahaha!  Pull the other one!
> 2:    Does anyone actually know what "proprietary" means anymore?
> 2.1:  Which IEEE standard describes the Intel Xeon, again?  Oh wait,
>       that's SPARC, my mistake.