Ask HN: Thoughts on storage solutions providers?

There's a lot of hate for EMC in the comments here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9908694

Reading those comments made me curious to hear more about what people think of storage solutions providers.

Question #1: Has anyone had great experiences with EMC, such that they would strongly recommend EMC to others?

Question #2: What alternatives to EMC do people think highly of?