On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:01:42 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:35:13 -0000, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:07:55 +0000, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>> The point is it provides wildly more
>>> functionallity than we actually need.
>>
>> Today, but when you spend money on networking infrastructure, you also
>> plan for what you might need in the future.  Some places just buy the
>> biggest thing they can so it's not going to be obsoleted before the
>> depreciation timeframe expires.
> 
> Or from the more practical view they needed 35, but get a discount if
> they buy 50; so they justified the extra 15 by sending them to the UK
> :-)

That's also true. :-)

Jim

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