[Info-vax] Layered products, the HP view !?!

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mlsktr$v4g$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes: 

> Maybe this isn't a major issue... If you actualy need that extra
> performance the i4 servers gives you, you can probably also found
> the cost to "upgrade" to 8.41H1 and "VSI" branded LP's.
> 
> If you do not need that extra i4 performance today, you might just
> as well stay for the time beeing on what you currently have.
> That is 8.4 and "HP" branded LP's.

Right.  Anyone who NEEDS 8.41H1 on Itanium has more than enough money to 
pay for support, licenses, etc.

My guess is that most folks will move to VSI-branded stuff when it runs 
on x86.