RE: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Alternative

[Brandon Wheaton <brandonw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This machine uses the NetMax version of RHLinux. You can purchase the 
software to make your linux box a cookie cutter firewall, file server or
web server. Check out the NetMAX GUI demo at http://livedemo.cybernet.com/
I have user NetMax web server and firewall in the past and agree that 
the GUI sucks big rocks. From a hardware perspective, I think Cobalt 
has a little something to watch out for. Sure the little blue server
does its job, but beyond that your options are very limited, especially 
with no console access (keyboard, mouse, vga ports). There is also a 
solution from SGI that is very nice, however it comes at a price...
http://www.sgi.com/solutions/broadband/sgi_internet.html I haven't had
the opportunity to use one of the SGI boxes, but I imagine Cobalt 
does have the best GUI and easiest management.

$.02

Brandon Wheaton
UNIX Operations Engineer 
ValiCert, Inc.
1215 Terra Bella Ave. 
Mountain View, CA 94043 
650.567.5430 
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Computers are useless; they can only provide answers.
~Pablo Picasso

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis [mailto:dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 7:54 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Alternative


Hello-

Just thought this website would make for some interesting reading for
the Cobalt list members. http://www.NETmachines.net/
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