The 6 silver are shipping now with a twist which I will write about as soon as time permits, the 6 black are going to be in the next batch (start of next week), and probably a few more.
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The 6 silver are shipping now with a twist which I will write about as soon as time permits, the 6 black are going to be in the next batch (start of next week), and probably a few more.
I did not, nor was I aware, thank you for the tip!
...I hope it's a good twist, like a nonnevot pastry, as I think one of those six Os may be mine!
Just quoting a dealer (though I ordered directly this time Emile). I don't mind waiting. I think you'll figure it all out.
PS - made me think of Paul Hynes for a moment, who still owes me money
PS - made me think of Paul Hynes for a moment, who still owes me money
Just quoting a dealer (though I ordered directly this time Emile). I don't mind waiting. I think you'll figure it all out.
PS - made me think of Paul Hynes for a moment, who still owes me money
The actual queue number would be around 150.
Thanks for that Emile. I'm confident in your indefatigable drive, and by then we'll probably have advances rolled in anyway.
Cheers and congrats on the huge success here.
What we’ve decided to change is to switch from a queue number driven approach to a yield based approach.
This is a different, 2 pronged, approach where we don’t instruct the anodising company to anodise x servers and I/Os in silver, and x in black, in an attempt to follow the queue order, but to just do full batches in a single colour each week.
Subsequently we just build servers and I/Os with good finish quality and ship what we (can) complete to the first matching spot in the queue.
The queue number order is going to be non linear this way but our output in sheer quantity will increase significantly.
Emile could you post a good quality picture of the Olympus in black?
Does this mean my silver O/IO at #48 just got shot way down the production list?
Not sure how that's what you concluded from Emile's post. If the I/Os in silver are the first to be anodized then they could be the next to be built.
They have chosen to optimize the critical path (chassis production), instead of rigidly holding the queue order, which is the right thing to considering the circumstances, imo. But the queue numbers become fluid in a short time window, not shot way down.
As I look on from afar at this unfortunate anodizing adventure, I’m left thinking “if only Taiko could have foreseen the difficulties…”
If so, they might have decided to offer it only in (beautiful) Black.
And, if so, (as Emile has said here) all the Olympus orders would already be shipped!
I understand that the Silver is obviously preferred by many, but I can’t help but (respectfully) wonder: “Is the chassis color really worth the consequences?”
The consequences being:
1. presumably a far longer wait for all those in the queue.
2. diversion of time/resources of a small company away from further research/development.
We all know that Taiko has groundbreaking innovations in the works, but it takes a massive amount of time and effort to bring these about. I hate to see the anodizing hassle slowing their progress.
Maybe just think of Black as being a much darker version of Silver?
Just my 2 cents, etc.
If so, they might have decided to offer it only in (beautiful) Black.
And, if so, (as Emile has said here) all the Olympus orders would already be shipped!
I understand that the Silver is obviously preferred by many, but I can’t help but (respectfully) wonder: “Is the chassis color really worth the consequences?”
The consequences being:
1. presumably a far longer wait for all those in the queue.
2. diversion of time/resources of a small company away from further research/development.
We all know that Taiko has groundbreaking innovations in the works, but it takes a massive amount of time and effort to bring these about. I hate to see the anodizing hassle slowing their progress.
Maybe just think of Black as being a much darker version of Silver?
Just my 2 cents, etc.
+1
if this block scheduling of black/silver speeds things up, please please!
anything that speeds up
1. XDMS going into beta phase
2. enhancements (previously hinted at with announcement delayed) to the Extreme
3. new higher end DAC for Olympus (and Extreme?)
4. BPS functionality to new use cases (Extreme?, other?)
@emile--any chance enhancements targeted to the Extreme might happen this year? 1Q25?
Dark silver. Nice.
Likewise the color palette could be expanded to - charcoal, onyx, obsidian, carbon, and burnt Wadax.
Dark silver. Nice.
Likewise the color palette could be expanded to - charcoal, onyx, obsidian, carbon, and burnt Wadax.
Maybe after current orders are filled, increase price for silver?
Hi @gds7368 ,
We don't have an I/O listed for your order, only a silver Olympus server, which is ready to ship BTW!
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