Believe it or not, I have been on both sides of the fence. When I worked in the POS industry, we used to have to pay the manufacturer extra to spray paint some terminals black to fit the deco of an upscale bath and bodycare boutique. Different customers want different appearances.
Someone had mentioned skinnable filers... Would it really be that much more work?
Maybe I'll find a stellar airbrush shop to give the 880 face a flamejob?!
How about beer colors? It would go well with ONTAP and the codenames...
Pilsner
Amber
Lager
Stout
You could consider clustered models "Talls"
Plus, I'd love to try to convince management to "buy a sixpack of Lager's"
Sorry. Still think Chrome should make a comeback.
John Witham
Senior Data Networking Engineer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hitz [mailto:hitz@netapp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:05 PM
To: jwitham@takedapharm.com
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Ack! I can't take it anymore!
On Oct 03, jwitham@takedapharm.com wrote:
> Hate the faceplate. It's that damn Burnt Cyan color Crayola that always
> survived my grade school years unscathed. It's also "bubbly". It looks
> _so_ out of place next to my 760s.
Newsflash!:
We are going to change that exciting "Burt Orange" color to the
same "champagne" color as the F840.
The F840 has been shipping for ages now, and nobody has complained
loudly about the color.
Of course, we have had a few people who said, "I wish it was something
more 'flashy'." Now I personally love bright, highly-saturated colors,
and I love the F840 face plate. But the problem is that, whatever
direction of 'flashy' color you try to go, someone will have a bad
association with it.
Like for you, it sounds like you had a traumatic experience with a
grade school teacher and a crayola. I am so sorry to have triggered
this awful flashback for you.
Hopefully the "champagne" will have more positive associations for
people. :-)
Dave