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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://en.community.dell.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Dear Mr. Hurd: “Blade Everything” Is Sharp Marketing; Is It Right For Customers?</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2007/07/17/dear-mr-hurd-blade-everything-is-sharp-marketing-is-it-right-for-customers.aspx</link><description>HP&amp;#39;s aggressive &amp;quot;Blade Everything&amp;quot; marketing campaign has motivated some customers to ask whether or not we agree with HP that blades are the only choice for today&amp;#39;s enterprise. In a nutshell, we don&amp;#39;t agree. We think the strategy</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>re: Dear Mr. Hurd: “Blade Everything” Is Sharp Marketing; Is It Right For Customers?</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2007/07/17/dear-mr-hurd-blade-everything-is-sharp-marketing-is-it-right-for-customers.aspx#37473</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:00:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:37473</guid><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><description>here, here!&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.community.dell.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=37473" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Dear Mr. Hurd: “Blade Everything” Is Sharp Marketing; Is It Right For Customers?</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2007/07/17/dear-mr-hurd-blade-everything-is-sharp-marketing-is-it-right-for-customers.aspx#36469</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:55:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:36469</guid><dc:creator>Harshavardhan</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;It's ridiculous to see such news. But of course what else can you expect from a manager working in Dell. Swearing by your products is one thing, but you should know when you are beat. Posting statistics available from pseudo fan sites ain't news. What I would like to know is why Dell failed in the Blade market. And what it is doing to address that. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This is just like saying that since you don't make them like others do, you want to put the market down. Ofcourse, that marketing will no longer work.&amp;nbsp;A Blade is a blade and a rack is a rack. A blade is better in almost all aspects compared to a rack.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://en.community.dell.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=36469" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Dear Mr. Hurd: “Blade Everything” Is Sharp Marketing; Is It Right For Customers?</title><link>http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2007/07/17/dear-mr-hurd-blade-everything-is-sharp-marketing-is-it-right-for-customers.aspx#21466</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:51:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">e3197daa-ef0d-4a70-8402-29215ff9a0f2:21466</guid><dc:creator>John Saddington</dc:creator><description>&lt;P&gt;That's a lot of trees.&lt;/P&gt;
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