On 3 Jun 2015 8:50 pm, "Vince Mulhollon" <vince@???> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Laurent Bercot <ska-devel@???>
wrote:
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>> when the user buys such a piece of hardware
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> Just be careful, the assumption is the user is the installer is the
buyer, and frankly most of the machines I've installed in the last 20
years, that has not been the case.
>
Well said. It's also the same in the "enterprise" server world. And I know
that in many cases system admins don't have a say in the hardware
purchases. So the problem is not as simple as "buy the most free hardware"
or "just find darn firmware later". Try telling that to a guy who manages
thousands of servers.

Just my two cents.