[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[JF Mezei]

Paul Sture wrote:

>> Local offices weren't just about servicing though, but also local lines
>> of communication back to the company. Intelligence gathering for future
>> product directions, customer attitudes, good will and more...
> 
> Unfortunately we have lost that.


There may be much criticism of LaCarly. But one of the things/buzzwords
she got right was the commoditisation of servers.

The problem is that not all servers have become commodities. When you
need to build a complex data centre solution involving blades or
superdomes, you would still want direct contact with an HP homanoid.
The disapearance of local offices makes this harder.