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Mike has a point!

 In an article in The Register on July 7, Chris Mellor recalled his discussion with "Mike" a senior storage guy in a European enterprise. The gist of Mike's position is that there are unknown risks that inhibit him from going outside of the incumbent storage suppliers to acquire storage technology.  Interestingly, he does acknowledge that there are known risks with the incumbents too!  So, it's more the devil you know versus the one you don't....