[wellylug] Computer System Vendor Wgtn

[Wayne Koorts]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 20:40 +1200, David Harrison wrote:
>   
>> Jethro Carr wrote: 
>>     
>>> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 15:19 +1200, thou82 at xtra.co.nz wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Oh,
>>>>
>>>> I didn't mean for that to go out everybody. Still, I personally feel this is sound advice - buy good gear and get the extended warranties.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got any thoughts on this?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Here's mine regarding servers:
>>>
>>> Buy vendor hardware. And buy a service contact.
>>>
>>> Sure, it will cost you more to start with, but a good IBM or Dell server
>>> will run without problems for years.
>>>       
>> Really, is there such a thing as a good Dell server?
>>
>> I thought people only bought Dell if they wanted to run up their
>> on-site maintenance hours and suck money from an unsuspecting client.
>>     
>
> We use a range of Dell servers (both rackmounts and towers) for internal
> and client systems.
>
> Never have any problems with them.
>   
I agree with buying vendor hardware and service contracts.

Plus Dell is pro-Linux so they deserve our support as a Linux community.

Regards,
Wayne