[Info-vax] Chinese Alpha?

[Paul Sture]

On Fri, 11 May 2012 03:36:08 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:

> 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.

I have been lucky enough on several occasions to have onsite engineers.

-- 
Paul Sture