Comments on: Cray announces “cash for clusters” gimmick, er, buy-back http://insidehpc.com/2009/11/17/cray-announces-cash-for-clusters-gimmick-er-buy-back/ HPC news for supercomputing professionals Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Peter http://insidehpc.com/2009/11/17/cray-announces-cash-for-clusters-gimmick-er-buy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-193898 Peter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:04:51 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=8794#comment-193898 Interesting question, but I suggest "guest" is reading too much into it. The Cray program specifically targets competitor systems, and isn't the first such program offered by a vendor. (I seem to remember HP announcing a plan to go after Sun's customers after the Oracle deal was announced.) I assume the name was selected primary to get people's attention. Plus it has a not-too-subtle put-down of the "clunker" competitor systems. ;-) Interesting question, but I suggest “guest” is reading too much into it. The Cray program specifically targets competitor systems, and isn’t the first such program offered by a vendor. (I seem to remember HP announcing a plan to go after Sun’s customers after the Oracle deal was announced.)

I assume the name was selected primary to get people’s attention. Plus it has a not-too-subtle put-down of the “clunker” competitor systems. ;-)

]]> By: guest http://insidehpc.com/2009/11/17/cray-announces-cash-for-clusters-gimmick-er-buy-back/comment-page-1/#comment-193826 guest Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:23:37 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=8794#comment-193826 Wait a minute. Wasn't the "cash for clunkers" auto program done as a sort of last resort to produce auto sales for inventory sitting on the lot? Interesting message Cray is sending. Wait a minute. Wasn’t the “cash for clunkers” auto program done as a sort of last resort to produce auto sales for inventory sitting on the lot? Interesting message Cray is sending.

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