Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 24th Mar 2006 16:11 UTC, submitted by Dually
Anandtech reviews Sun's T2000 Coolthreads server, and concludes: "At first sight, Sun has won the performance/watt battle for now, but it cannot rest on its laurels. Low voltage versions of the Xeon 'Woodcrest' and Opteron might be able to come very close to the performance/Watt levels that the T1 offers. We also can't shake the feeling that the number of applications, which will really exhibit the kind of exceptional performance that Sun's own heavily optimised benchmarks show, will be quite limited. Last, but certainly not least, Sun's solid engineering has impressed us. Sun's meticulous attention to detail resulted in a sturdy, well-polished machine." More benchmarks here.
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2005-10-09
"Well, I suppose there's a little miscommunication here. What I meant was referring to with bribe, was not the actual bribe itself, but just the offer of a bribe. I don't know the correct English word, but in Dutch it is called 'steekpenning'. I.e. money you offer a politician or judge. "
Bribery to me signifies something unethical (ie. offering money to a politician to get your agenda on his list.)
I don't feel that Sun is bribing smaller reviewers though, otherwise you'd see a plethora of very positive glowing reviews of the T2000. I've actually only seen one or two, and none were very good.
I understand you clearly now. I still don't feel this is the same though, as they are not GIVING anybody a T2000 for free, or even implying if you write a good review, you'll get one. They are loaning one for evaluation, with hopes that the majority will purchase. They might give one or two away here and there, but that's a *promotion*, not a bribe. Unless of course, all the buy-one-get-one-free deals you see at local stores are bribery to you.
"I was not referring to Anandtech or this review. I just wanted to make a generic statement about the potential implications regarding the integrity of smaller reviewers. "
Ok, I admit I did see this disclaimer, it just seemed your post was aimed at them. I am clear on your intention now.
"And Sun must be expecting that they get more positive reviews than they would otherwise. Why the hell would a capitalistic enterprise give away hardware if they not expect to benefit from it, in the long run? Right. They would never ever do it."
I think Sun expects most people who do the trial of the T2000 to end up purchasing one (or ten.) I'm sure they'd like positive reviews, and I'm sure they'll take them when they see them, and maybe even give away a free machine or two. The campaign isn't targetted at reviewers though, it's targetted at companies. Most won't bother publishing some blog entry, they are just going to use and abuse the hell out of the machine, and end up liking it and buying it. That's the point.
Oh, and about the quote. Here is the updated revision.
"We were also serious about the following: if you write a blog that fairly assesses the machine's performance (positively or negatively), send us a pointer, we're likely to let you keep the machine. (And before you ask, the marketing team makes the decision about what qualifies for the promotion, not I - although I know they love drama, charts, and compelling competitive analyses.)"
That absolutely makes it clear their intention.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=niagara_benchmarks