#PAR It's phenomenal
25-Feb-94 00:34:41
Sb: #86075-#PAR It's phenomenal
Fm: Paul Lind 71543,2104
To: John Ellis 72440,3046
John,
The biggest thing that wipes people out on SGI machines is the support
contract. Most people budget a machine or two and never think about the support
contract until they get ready to pay for it. 1 year of support for an 4
processor Onyx VTX system is close to 13 thousand. The machine costs $165,000
but then every year you have to shell out an additional $13,000. The support
contract on our two new Indigo2's and four Indy's comes to $12,000 a year. But
if you don't get it and something goes wrong, you're screwed.
Paul
P.S. – Did I mention that SGI can raise the price of support on existing
machines everytime you renew? 🙂