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Re: [cobalt-users] additional software
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] additional software
- From: baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon Oct 29 17:32:54 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, David Wilson wrote:
>
> I've read adding software invalidates the guarantee, but is it a pain to get
> open source software to compile and run successfully on a cobalt raq?
A standard complaint after Sun bought Cobalt is that the warranty covers
hardware only.
You also might want to search the archives to learn about the many fright
stories of "stardard" versus "cobalt" configurations.
Knowing Linux can sometimes lead you down the incorrect path that you can
do many standard Linux things on a washing machine.
Thom
madly reading the Cobalt Docs section that starts out:
Congratulations on your purchase of a washing machine. Rest assured, you
neither need to understand washing machines or clothing to become a
web space provider.
baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thom LaCosta K3HRN Webmaster
http://www.baltimoremd.com/cobaltfacts/
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