Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Alternatives

[PowerClicks <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just off the ticker:

FYI pricing of NE is on the high side...
Machines not yet shipping (2 weeks...)

Waiting 2 c demo of their GUI...

> From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 09:19:43 -0400
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Alternatives
> 
> Surinder Mastana <mastana@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Does anyone use Network Engines? (http://www.networkengines.com/)
> 
> They left me a voicemail a couple of months ago, wanting to setup a meeting
> with me
> and schedule a demo.  I checked out their site, found some server specs that
> were
> wrong and emailed them to let them know.  They fixed them and thanked me and I
> said
> I'd be glad to arrange a meeting, but I requested they give me product prices
> and
> give me a comparison of specs and features b/w the RaQ3 and their comparable
> product.
> I never heard back from them.
> 
>> Are they just like Cobalt but more powerful?
> 
> One of their products seems to be comparable to a RaQ3, the other is beefier,
> using 1
> or 2 PIII chips, RAID, etc.
> 
>> Do they have the same Web Hosting features like Cobalt's??
> 
> They appear to be similar and claim to have a web-based GUI.
> 
> I'm a little suspicious of them though b/c their website is and has been
> broken the
> last few times I checked.  Currently, of the 7 link buttons on the left of the
> main
> page, the only one with a correct URL is the "hot jobs" link.  Further, there
> "info
> request" form points to an IP-based URL that doesn't exist, though I got it to
> work
> by replacing the IP with their site name and requested some info.  If I ever
> get any
> I'll post to the list.
> 
> Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
> 
> 
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