Time to start a project to build open source switches… HP lost it - completely
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My switches are HP ;D
Clearly, HP is switching policies faster than I change underwear. I am suspecting the 'HR' processes are mixed up (not surprising with these bureaucratic molochs).
As such they hired people and gave them a fancy title as "senior vice-president this and that".
Or, if they are old enough, even "executive senior vice-president that and this, baddabing-baddabong".
People who skipped economics 101 and marketing 101 all together (this seems to be my working field).
Something with deltaP and deltaQ, resulting in deltaR and deltaPr(ofit):
But the MicroServer’s hardware warranty is one year, and the warranty for software is only 90 days after purchase; under the new policy, access to the firmware after the warranty expires would require the purchase of an HP Care Pack, at current prices of between $126 and $200, at least half the cost of the original hardware. That’s a hefty price to pay to fix what is arguably a defect in the original product
Sometimes economists can look into the future, using some simple Excel formulas ;D
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We used to use HP for our blades and got tired of their crap pretty fast. HP's loss is Dell's gain, in our case. Dell isn't perfect by any stretch, but they aren't a bunch of rotten bastards like HP is.
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Solution:
- a 3D printer, that can drill holes, place integrated circuits, resistors, etcetera, and solder; plus many clones of "The Woz"!
