<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The phrase, “Of merchantable quality and fitness for purpose,” will become increasingly familiar to vendors over the next few weeks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note that if you have relied on performance statements from a server vendor, and that performance can’t be delivered because the CPU can’t operate as advertised, both the CPU vendor <i class="">and the server vendor</i> have an obligation to make good.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Start on page 5:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Warranties and refunds - a guide for consumers and business.pdf" class="">https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Warranties%20and%20refunds%20-%20a%20guide%20for%20consumers%20and%20business.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> - mark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>On Jan 5, 2018, at 1:18 AM, Giles Pollock <<a href="mailto:glp71s@gmail.com" class="">glp71s@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">From their warranty section:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">WHAT THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER: </div><div class="">• design defects or errors in the Product (Errata). Contact Intel for information on characterized errata. </div><div class="">• any costs associated with the repair or replacement of the Product, including costs of removal or replacement of the Product; </div><div class="">• damage to the Product, or errors or malfunctions in the Product, due to accident, abnormal electrical, mechanical or environmental conditions, use
contrary to product instructions, misuse, neglect, alteration, mishandling, repair, improper installation or testing, combinations with incompatible
products or any third party virus, infection, worm or similar malicious code; </div><div class="">• that the Product will protect against all possible security threats, including intentional misconduct by third parties; </div><div class="">• any Product which has been modified or operated outside of Intel’s publicly available specifications, including where clock frequencies or voltages
have been altered, or where the original identification markings have been removed, altered or obliterated. Intel assumes no responsibility that the
Product, including if used with altered clock frequencies or voltages, will be fit for any particular purpose and will not cause any damage or injury. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Option 1 and 4 seems to have them covered :-(</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:07 AM, James Hodgkinson <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:yaleman@ricetek.net" target="_blank" class="">yaleman@ricetek.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u class=""></u>
<div class=""><div class="">Watch them pull out the “this warranty doesn’t actually cover anything, and we don’t say it’ll work in all conditions” card. It’ll be nice to get a free CPU if they do have to, however! :)<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="h5">
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<blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If the hardware is under warranty, I'd be expecting the vendor to replace the CPU's with updated ones which are not affected? (oh man that's going to hurt Intel?)<br class=""></div>
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<blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div lang="EN-AU" class=""><div class=""><p class=""><span class="">So, with this performance hit, does that mean we have to buy more Intel Servers to cope O_o<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u><br class=""></p><p class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt">Regards,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt"> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></span></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><b class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt">Burt Mascareigne<br class=""> Mobile</span></span></span></b><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt"> 0414 450 962 <b class="">Office</b> (02) 9965 5422<br class=""> <b class="">Address</b> Level 19, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney NSW 2000<br class=""> <b class="">Web</b> <a href="http://www.stormnetwork.com.au/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">http://www.stormnetwork.co<wbr class="">m.au</span></a> </span></span></span><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072font" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="m_-7114295878071164072size" style="font-size:10pt"><span id="cid:image002.png@01D38579.7C9F7B80"><image002.png></span></span></span></span><span class="m_-7114295878071164072colour" style=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class=""><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><span class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span><br class=""></p><p class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank" class="">ausnog-bounces@lists.a<wbr class="">usnog.net</a>] <b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Paul Wilkins<br class=""> <b class="">Sent:</b> Thursday, 4 January 2018 3:52 PM<br class=""> <b class="">To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank" class="">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br class=""> <b class="">Subject:</b> [AusNOG] [AUSNOG] MS patches Intel memory management<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><div class=""><p class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u><br class=""></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="">Fix for security bug in Intel CPUs will be released patch Tuesday, and predictions are of a 5 - 30% performance hit.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u><br class=""></p></div><p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="">This is a problem in cloud, but I'm sure it will all be good on the day :)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u><br class=""></p></div><p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="">Kind regards<u class=""></u><u class=""></u><br class=""></p></div><p class="">Paul Wilkins<u class=""></u><u class=""></u><br class=""></p></div>
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