Re: [cobalt-users] Is There A Real Difference w/ The RAQ4??

[Adam Pehrson <AdamP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If your doing business with a company you can't trust, I would suggest looking
for a more ethical company to start work with.  That would be crazy otherwise.
I'm a small ISP, and for those out there looking for a place to colocate their
servers I would be more then glad to work with you.

Adam Pehrson
ICS-Hubwest
AdamP@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.hubwest.com
800-473-5232
505-323-2944
505-323-2960 fax

"LightSpeedServers.Net" wrote:

> So in that case if you had the OS for the RAQ4 - you could indeed purchase
> the bottom of the line RAQ3 and have basically the same system for far less.
> That would explain why cobalt is trying not to release the RAQ4 OS.
>
> However, that brings up a point eluded to before.  How do we know when we
> lease these servers we are getting an RAQ3 or an RAQ4.  Even w/o the OS it
> is an easy task to mirror the hard drives!
>
> And unfortunetly, I am in three lawsuits against various internet companies
> already so I know all too well that many unethical businesses will do
> something crooked and sneaky like that.
>
> How can we check.  I know the difference probably would not matter - but for
> me its an issue of ethics and professionalism.  If I pay for an RAQ4 how do
> I know I have an RAQ4?  And not a modified RAQ3.  Any clues?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael T. Ross
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Eurowolf@xxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Is There A Real Difference w/ The RAQ4??
>
> > In a message dated 12/2/00 2:39:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > << What does everyone think?  To me I just do not see the value in the
> RAQ4
> >  when they charge $2,000+ for a server which uses a $50 AMD K6-2 chip
> which
> >  is one step from going into retirement! >>
> >
> > the diffeentce is  the raq4 comes with chilisoft  they sell that as a
> > standalone/ raq3 upgrade for $800...that is the only real diffeence
> between
> > the same hardware models
> >
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