HPE claims "negligible customer resistance" to new sub-$1M compute price guarantee — expert is skeptical
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-10-12
Cloud expert David Linthicum calls out an HPE executive's claim of "negligible customer resistance" to HPE's new guarantee on compute and storage price quotes under $1 million, announced amid memory-price chaos. He argues enterprise buyers never react to pricing changes so passively — either HPE didn't actually survey enough customers, or it heard real objections and chose better optics over honesty.
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