The state of the OSU Open Source Lab

Back in the day when my employer sold rackmounted systems we always had to ask about the door heights and elevators before we sold a system. They come with wheels on the bottom but they weigh the same as a small car when they're fully loaded.

At a trade show one of our customers said that they received a rack that was too tall for the door. It's not that hard to remove all the computers and then lean it over and carry it through. But instead of that they decided that they weren't ever going to need the top shelves of the rack so they took a chainsaw and chopped it to the right height.

This a customer so of course you congratulate them on their resourcefulness but inside you're weeping.