From: Wes Kussmaul <wes@authentrus.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] "FAWN: Fast array of wimpy nodes" (was: Plan 9 - the next 20 years)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:15:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49ECADAF.9030209@authentrus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10904200848w1a6fcc97iaa091cfa9798870c@mail.gmail.com>
ron minnich wrote:
RLX and Orion
> multisystems showed there is not much of a market for lots of wimpy
> nodes -- yet or never, is the real question. Either way, they did not
> have enough buyers to stay in business. And RLX had to drop its wimpy
> transmetas for P4s, and they could not keep up with the cheap
> mainboards. It's a tough business.
All RLX showed was that they didn't know how to market benefits rather
than nifty technology. Once again, the company with beautifully
engineered products failed to understand that the decision makers who
would buy the products were not engineers who loved them but people who
needed education and handholding in order to understand them and
overcome FUD from RLX competitors. A well-worn path.
Wes
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-20 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-19 7:58 John Barham
2009-04-19 12:16 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-19 15:43 ` John Barham
2009-04-19 16:52 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 15:11 ` John Barham
2009-04-20 16:48 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-19 14:27 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-04-19 20:11 ` tlaronde
2009-04-20 15:48 ` ron minnich
2009-04-20 17:15 ` Wes Kussmaul [this message]
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