Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Hi All,

This is neto from Brazil

How are you?

Last week, I was reading SnapManager for Oracle code (as usual) and my daughters Anna Julia (7) and Maria Clara (1 year and 10 months) asked to tell them a story.

I was afraid because I'm not good with stories.

I have started with:

Once upon a time . . . in a great castle, a Princes grew up happy and content. She was very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair (even I don't have hair). Her name is (ops ... I forgot the name ... Ah.. "NetApp"). Everyone was quite sure that "NetApp" is very beautiful, smart with a fantastic technology. 

An older witch called "Your Excellency, Mr. Complexity", was also very beautiful many years ago. A magic mirror told her how beautiful she still is every day, whenever she asked it.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the loveliest lady in the land?" The reply was always: "You are, your Majesty - Your Excellency, Mr. Complexity," until the dreadful day when magic mirror knew of NetApp and  the older witch heard it say, "NetApp is the loveliest in the land and you, Majesty are only one more in the land. NetApp is special!" 

The witch was furious and wild with jealousy. She began plotting to get rid of her rival. Calling one of her trusty servants, she bribed him with a reward to take all NetApp in the forest, far away from the Castle. The greedy servant, attracted to the reward, agreed to do this deed, and he led the NetApp away. However, when they came to the fatal spot, seven dwarfs were there to help NetApp. Their names are:

• Data ONTAP
• WAFL
• Snapshot
• FlexClone
• SnapRestore
• Deduplication
• SMO

All seven dwarfs helped NetApp thwart the old witch, with the newest technology innovating the storage world, NetApp has been receiving by magic, the number #1 of customer choices.

From that day on, NetApp has been lived happily in a great castle.   

When I realized, my daughters were sleeping like angels. 

All the best 

neto 

NetApp - I love this company!

Hi All,

This is neto from Brazil

How are you?

Last week, I was reading SnapManager for Oracle code (as usual) and my daughters Anna Julia (7) and Maria Clara (1 year and 10 months) asked to tell them a story.

I was afraid because I'm not good with stories.

I have started with:

Once upon a time . . . in a great castle, a Princes grew up happy and content. She was very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair (even I don't have hair). Her name is (ops ... I forgot the name ... Ah.. "NetApp"). Everyone was quite sure that "NetApp" is very beautiful, smart with a fantastic technology. 

An older witch called "Your Excellency, Mr. Complexity", was also very beautiful many years ago. A magic mirror told her how beautiful she still is every day, whenever she asked it.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the loveliest lady in the land?" The reply was always: "You are, your Majesty - Your Excellency, Mr. Complexity," until the dreadful day when magic mirror knew of NetApp and  the older witch heard it say, "NetApp is the loveliest in the land and you, Majesty are only one more in the land. NetApp is special!" 

The witch was furious and wild with jealousy. She began plotting to get rid of her rival. Calling one of her trusty servants, she bribed him with a reward to take all NetApp in the forest, far away from the Castle. The greedy servant, attracted to the reward, agreed to do this deed, and he led the NetApp away. However, when they came to the fatal spot, seven dwarfs were there to help NetApp. Their names are:

• Data ONTAP
• WAFL
• Snapshot
• FlexClone
• SnapRestore
• Deduplication
• SMO

All seven dwarfs helped NetApp thwart the old witch, with the newest technology innovating the storage world, NetApp has been receiving by magic, the number #1 of customer choices.

From that day on, NetApp has been lived happily in a great castle.   

When I realized, my daughters were sleeping like angels. 

All the best 

neto 

NetApp - I love this company!

Comments

[Kleber]

My friend,

Your imagination and cleverness are incredible!!!

God continue blessing you and your dad!

Best Regards!
Kleber

[neto from Brazil]

Hi my friend,

This is neto from Brazil

How are you?

Thanks my friend. You are really a brother to me.

God bless all of us!

All the best

neto

[Bryan Cantrill]

Whenever I think I've seen the most obscenely self-important blog entry from NetApp, the company finds a way to somehow top itself. So here's a suggestion from one of your resurgent competitors: next time your daughters want a story, consider telling them the story of Narcissus. In the end, it may prove to be a more apt allegory...

[Tanu]

Hey Neto,

came across your blog.. I must say , you write well and are very creative.
You are really a great asset for our team.