[Info-vax] HP squeezes 85 data centers into 'six-pack'

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Neil Rieck wrote:
>> HP squeezes 85 data centers into 'six-pack' (from Dec-01,2008)
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/01/hp_data_centers_done/
> 
> Not to diminish this project, one needs to take some of the numbers with
> a grain of salt.
> 
> Looking back at Digital. When Palmer decided to axe All-In-1, he also
> brag about internal cost savings. So he retired countless systems
> running All-in-1, and installed Microsoft ones runing exchange.
> 
> The money spent on All-In-1 stayed in-house. So while various divisions
> may have had big bidgets for ALL-IN-1, it was money that stayed in the
> family. So when they switched to Exchange, all of a sudden, money was
> now flowing out to Microsoft.
> 
> Similarly for HP, they may brag about having reduced many in house
> packages to SAP, but now that is money flowing out of the company.

Except for the profit margin, then the cost of own systems are also
flowing out of the company.

(the article even hints that there were no profit, but I very
much doubt that were the case for HP)

Arne