[ale] OT vision computers etal

[Geoffrey]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Wouldn't you rather have machines that have commodity parts that are 
> field-replaceable by pretty much anybody with the know-how?  I've seen 
> so many situations where operations halted for a day or so just to get 
> Dell parts even for machines that were under warranty, all due to the 
> use of proprietary parts.

Excellent point.  Dell builds proprietary cases.  You'll have a hard 
time finding replacement parts that come from anywhere but Dell.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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