[cobalt-users] Re: Thanks for the memory...

[Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Thanks for the memory

Oddly enough, we came across our Cobalt "True Blue Sapphire Partner"
plaque recently.  I think we were one of the first ISPs to hit 100 RaQ
servers (although we then didn't buy any for a while :-) ).

It has been interesting to see the rise and fall of the Cobalt line.
When I first saw the original RaQ, I didn't think much of it (I'd been
doing Linux-based hosting for a while already and didn't really see the
impact of a "plug it in and host" box), but the later models really
pulled everything together in a tight package nicely.  There really
isn't anything on the market that replaces a RaQ550 (not a single
product anyway; you can buy a server, an OS, and some software, but it
isn't the same).

BTW: we are working on getting the RaQ550 release working on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 (I'm trying to do it with as little modification to
the base OS as possible, so as to not lose that support, and I'm also
trying to build a good clean set of RPMs with proper requirements and
such).  I'm aiming for just a hosting management system, not a complete
OS (i.e. no BlueLinq).  I was planning on announcing it on one of these
lists when we got close, but I guess I'll have to go find new lists to
tell.

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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.