On 26 Jan 2007 03:57:44 -0800,
Tim Bradshaw , in
<1169812664.657446.227850@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups. com> wrote:
>+ We got some new machines today. In the way of things they came with
>+ power cables. These cables are *Revision 50*. Clearly, if Sun take 50
>+ revisions to get a power cable right, there is no hope.

This leaves one to wonder how many years those revisions cover. The
variability of power cords can be staggering. I still treasure the
long, fat Sun cords from the late 90s.

>+ This is a JOKE in case anyone wonders.

*snork*

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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Tim Bradshaw wrote:

> We got some new machines today. In the way of things they came with
> power cables. These cables are *Revision 50*. Clearly, if Sun take 50
> revisions to get a power cable right, there is no hope.

I think you mis-understand Sun nomenclature. The revision to which
you refer applies to marketing, not engineering (which is the number
after the -). So part 370-1234-02 Rev 50 is the 2nd generation (from
an engineering point of view) of part number 370-1234. The Rev 50
just means that it took marketing 50 iterations to settle on "Sun Java
Power Cord[tm]".

:-)

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Actually rev 50 in Sun nomenclature means First Customer Ship (FCS).
So its actually the first version deemed acceptable to ship to
customers.


Rich Teer wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Tim Bradshaw wrote:
>
>> We got some new machines today. In the way of things they came with
>> power cables. These cables are *Revision 50*. Clearly, if Sun take 50
>> revisions to get a power cable right, there is no hope.
>
> I think you mis-understand Sun nomenclature. The revision to which
> you refer applies to marketing, not engineering (which is the number
> after the -). So part 370-1234-02 Rev 50 is the 2nd generation (from
> an engineering point of view) of part number 370-1234. The Rev 50
> just means that it took marketing 50 iterations to settle on "Sun Java
> Power Cord[tm]".
>
> :-)
>


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On 2007-01-26 17:59:26 +0000, Rich Teer said:
> I think you mis-understand Sun nomenclature. The revision to which
> you refer applies to marketing, not engineering (which is the number
> after the -). So part 370-1234-02 Rev 50 is the 2nd generation (from
> an engineering point of view) of part number 370-1234. The Rev 50
> just means that it took marketing 50 iterations to settle on "Sun Java
> Power Cord[tm]".


And in the usual Sun-marketing-****up way they missed a trick here. No
one wants Java power(ed) cords, they're big and slow and crash all the
time. No, what we want is CoolThreads ... ah I mean CoolCords, sorry.

(Though actually I don't think people who wear cords are ever cool are they).

That's quite enough

--tim

I R A Darth Aggie writes:

>On 26 Jan 2007 03:57:44 -0800,
>Tim Bradshaw , in
><1169812664.657446.227850@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups. com> wrote:
>>+ We got some new machines today. In the way of things they came with
>>+ power cables. These cables are *Revision 50*. Clearly, if Sun take 50
>>+ revisions to get a power cable right, there is no hope.

>This leaves one to wonder how many years those revisions cover. The
>variability of power cords can be staggering. I still treasure the
>long, fat Sun cords from the late 90s.

This will be Suns revision 51 power cables:

http://www.lefflers.se/Library/Produ...ost/Brahma.htm

List price: 16.800 SEK (divide by 8 to get a rough US price in dollars).

Oh. Buy two, and you'll get a Sun Fire T1000 on the side!

-Peter

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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Peter Eriksson wrote:

> This will be Suns revision 51 power cables:
>
> http://www.lefflers.se/Library/Produ...ost/Brahma.htm

Nordost... Very nice. I have one of their interconnects here
(specifically, Blue Heaven).

Nordost Valhalla, anyone?

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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:59:26 GMT,
Rich Teer , in
wrote:

>+ an engineering point of view) of part number 370-1234. The Rev 50
>+ just means that it took marketing 50 iterations to settle on "Sun Java
>+ Power Cord[tm]".

If Shakespeare where alive today, I think he might have wrote:

First, we kill all the marketers.

Tho lawyers still works in that context.

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