Re: [cobalt-users] New Qube 3

[Jeff Lovell <jlovell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> So Jeff... now that I have your attention, what are the odds that this
> software can/will be backward-ported to the Qube2? 

First off, let me say that I am not in product management.  I don't
make those kinds of decisions.

There has been a fundamental architecture change in the new Qube.
Not only has it moved from MIPS to x86, but the entire idea of
how the Qube does what does has changed.

> There are a lot of those
> out there... Even with all the bad things I have to say about Microsoft, I
> will concede that they make a strong effort to make their stuff
> backward-compatible and usable on previous platforms so long as the CPU/RAM
> basics can handle the load.

A Qube2 with 16 meg of RAM will not be able to handle the load of
the new system changes.
 
> Come on... a lot of the new software functionality would be great to have.
> But you're telling me that, to get the new software, I have to buy the new
> server!? 

No one is telling to buy a new server.  When you buy a Cobalt product, you
have purchased a complete solution, not pieces.  Remember we are talking
about appliances.  When new microwaves come out with new features, they
don't send you a new panel with new software.

> That doesn't make Cobalt a very appealing long-term choice for a
> supplier. New OS version... new server.

All I can say is that a concerted effort will be made to take some
advances in the new architecture and move them back.  I just don't
expect to see webmail as one of those features.
 
> Heck, I have a Qube2 at home, and I can't really afford to go changing that
> stuff so often. Are all Qube2 users stranded? Please, please tell me that
> you have these things in mind...

Qube2's are not stranded, they will continue to be supported as they
have.  We didn't just drop a Qube3 on the market to tell customers to
come and buy it and forget your Qube2.  But there are new features on
the Qube3 that make it appealing to a current Qube2 owner I understand.
But unfortunately it isn't possible to just backport all these features.

Jeff

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Jeff Lovell
Cobalt Networks, Inc.