Jeff Baxter
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It's still a major release.
So you can make the investment decision as a one-off.
You're going to qualify in 9.2.
You're going to run 9.2 with the understanding that you're investing a little bit more because you know you'll be switching to 9.3 six months later.
And you can make that on a release-by-release choice.
It really is.
The funny part is we talk about LTS and non-LTS, and it feels a little bit like we're taking something away.
But if you look at our baseline state with 8.0 and where we started, we're actually adding in more rigor and more predictability with the same or longer support window from our annual releases and then giving yet another option to people if they want to absorb innovation quicker.
So I'm actually pretty excited about that model.
Spin doctor.
I'm ready to be on the no-spin zone.
There we go.
Or whatever, whatever that is.
All right.
No, no, I know.
Sure.
So everything, you know, moving forward, simplicity is kind of funny because you look at simplicity, it's not a feature, right?
It's not something new we ship.
It's this ongoing process where for the last two, three years, we've been doubled down on simplicity.
And I'll be candid, and I think if you talk to anyone serious about NetApp, we'll be candid about this, right?