Hi Jon, Rahul, list
Jon Forrest wrote:
Another reason why some vendors are willing to
sell stuff at reduced prices to universities is
for visibility. The thinking is that when grad
students (finally) graduate and go off into
industry, they'll want to buy the same stuff
they used when they were students. I'm not
sure how valid this approach is, but I don't
argue with it.
I agree this may not work with high end HPC.
However, this is to some extent what Microsoft
does very effectively with kids from pre-kindergarten
to graduate school worldwide,
including part of their charity donations to schools, etc.
It creates a culture, a habit, a dependency,
in what is a much bigger market,
but yet a market with much less choices than HPC - surprisingly or not.
(This is despite the inroads that Ubuntu and others may have created
lately.)
Hey Rahul:
Your original question went a long way, didn't it? :)
Somehow you always ask questions that trigger these
interesting debates.
Cheers,
Gus Correa
As the #1 public university in many (most?)
scientific fields, UC Berkeley gets approached
with all kinds of deals. During the boom times
we sometimes had to turn down such deals because
we simply didn't have the space and/or the people
to allow us to accept the equipment.
Things are different now, but space and people
are still more expensive than most equipment.
Cordially,
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