[cobalt-users] RE: all the negative attitude towards the exploration of the Qube

[Jason Ebacher <jasone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is odd for a group of people to talk so bad to users of the 
same systems, that just want to know more about it and explore the inner 
workings, Yes the cobalt stuff is property of Cobalt, But what is wrong 
with making a distro that emulates the use and function of the Cobalt 
products , Heck my FREESCO router is almost the Qube but with out FTP and 
MAIL servers, Has a GUI and everything...

I would think that the users here would like to see a alternative to a 
Cobalt product if it cost them one forth to half the price. Most users of 
the Cobalt products want a easy, cheap, stable server.... that's why they 
bought the thing in the first place .. that's why my router is a FREESCO 
box, stable, cheap, and easy - it does exactly what I want and more and it 
cost me $50 to build the thing along with 2 hours of my labor....what more 
could I ask for!

The guy who is trying to take the cobalt files and drop them on a linux 
box, It may work - it may not, Why are you guys so quick to flame him when 
he just wants to see if it can be done...he didn't threaten to put cobalt 
out of business...when he threatens Cobalt's business he will get burnt in 
a lawsuit....easy as that....  He at least has the gumption to try 
something, Just think if Linus didn't try to emulate Unix we would be 
running our Qubes on Winblows and having the thing crash all the time...OR 
if Bill Gates didn't emulate Mac OS we would still be in the days of 
dos/win3.11 and OS2 but hey dos didn't crash as often as win9x that one 
could have been a plus if it didn't happen.


Digitally Yours,
Jason Ebacher

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