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At 9:57 AM -0500 2005-10-20, Karl Denninger wrote:

>  Other than that, I've been pretty happy with their stuff.  Sure beats a lot
>  of other "PC" vendors out there in terms of reliability, heat management,
>  BIOS updates, etc.

	Have you tried Rackable or IronSystems?  I've heard that they've 
been pretty successful at building servers to compete pretty well on 
price with Dell, while also providing much better customer service, 
including custom-building servers to your precise requirements.

-- 
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