Re: [cobalt-users] The List Lives!

[Jeff Lovell <jlovell@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 06 Mar 2001, Carrie Bartkowiak wrote:

> It does seem strange though - a company that sells servers should try its
> best to use its own products, yes?
> If there wasn't a suitable product at the time, perhaps there is one now?
> Especially with the addition of Sun's line of servers.
> 
> Kind-of the idea that you wouldn't find a Gateway box in the Dell building -
> unless it was down in the benchmark area getting tested out.
> See what I'm saying?

I absolutely see what you are saying.  And I agree with you to an extent.
We do use our own hardware to run things within the company.  For the
longest time, Cobalt was serving mail for its 300 users off a Qube1 that
was the 4th to come off the production line.  We outgrew it and went to
a RaQ3.

We use our products all over the place here, but when it comes to down 
to it, we use what makes sense for the job.  Now granted, we aren't
going out to the competition to buy our web servers.  ;)


Jeff
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Jeff Lovell
Sun Microsystems
Server Appliance Business Unit