During the heyday of the dot-com boom, then-HP CEO Carly Fiorina espoused a notion called “good enough” computing. Despite significant performance differences between x86 servers and Unix and other enterprise-class systems, the dramatically lower cost of x86-based products would cause organizations to rethink their computing priorities and adopt, buy and deploy x86 whenever and wherever possible, she maintained. “Good enough” computing has been an ongoing theme in data center strategizing and purchasing ever since then.
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The End of 'Good Enough' Computing
Posted by: Charles King February 26, 2014 05:00 AMDuring the heyday of the dot-com boom, then-HP CEO Carly Fiorina espoused a notion called “good enough” computing. Despite significant performance differences between x86 servers and Unix and other enterprise-class systems, the dramatically lower cost of x86-based products would cause organizations to rethink their computing priorities and adopt, buy and deploy x86 whenever and wherever possible, she maintained. “Good enough” computing has been an ongoing theme in data center strategizing and purchasing ever since then.