Re:Paramoia? (Score 1)

What do you think architecture standards are created for? As long as both vendor's products say that they comply with standards then the issue of shorting and all that is moot. All these major manufacturers (IBM, Dell, HP) create these whitelists, not for protection but for profit. What better way to boost profit, than to tell your consumers that not only do you not support third party, although standards complaint, products in your equipment, but you even go to the lengths of making sure that your equipment fails when an attempt is made to do so. Its not about relieving the headache of RMA's. Its about ensuring that your consumers keep spending there money with you.