On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Bruce Sterling Woodcock wrote:
So, what did you finally decide with Mathworks?
This year we invested heavily in infrastructure and have bought a single and a clustered pair of F840's and a 3 datamover Celerra with a 3930 Symmetrix.
Some of our pre-sales meetings went like this (not an actual transcript, but humorously embellished and pretty accurate at the core):
EMC: NetApp sucks. Buy our stuff. NetApp: EMC sucks. Buy our stuff.
Us: Okay, gentlemen, please stop with the name calling. Concentrate on your own products' strengths.
EMC: We're the fastest. We're the best. Buy our stuff. NetApp: We're the fastest. We're the best. Buy our stuff.
Us: <sigh>
After months of this, I hope this helps people to understand my itchy trigger finger. ;)
Until next time...
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