[geeks] Re: HP's squandering

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Mon Jan 13 14:57:14 CST 2003


On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 02:53:58PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   There are always some on eBay.  With $6K-10K opening bids, ending 
> with no bids.  All the time.
>   Like I said...nobody is buying these things.  A few research clusters 
> at supercomputer centers does not a market share make.

Dell gave a prototype Itanium box to $WORK.  Dell dropped the planned product
line.  Work tried to give it back.  DELL DIDNT WANT IT BACK.

As far as i know, its sitting down the hall..

Bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas


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