It seems like the big companies like IBM and EMC need to collaborate and come up with a standard for array controllers.
The array controllers are where they make the majority of the money from selling the arrays, but they also keep the prices of the arrays high.
By standardizing, instead of selling hundreds of systems a year for $450,000, they could sell thousands at $45,000
Here we have a "software-as-a-service" model that is releasing software without fully testing it because it is believed that the final development and bug killing can take place in the field.
This does not bode well for earlier adopters of Windows XP.
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It seems like the big companies like IBM and EMC need to collaborate and come up with a standard for array controllers.
The array controllers are where they make the majority of the money from selling the arrays, but they also keep the prices of the arrays high.
By standardizing, instead of selling hundreds of systems a year for $450,000, they could sell thousands at $45,000
Here we have a "software-as-a-service" model that is releasing software without fully testing it because it is believed that the final development and bug killing can take place in the field.
This does not bode well for earlier adopters of Windows XP.
It's nice to see that if our legislators aren't going to approach this whole "Internet" thing rationaly, at least our judiciary will.