Re: [cobalt-users] Are Raq's here to stay? (opinions wanted)

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On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, David Thurman wrote:

> >
> I know of a company that uses this and they seem thrilled. I played with the
> demo and felt it was a little sparse. On Source Forge there is a GUI for
> server admin that runs on PHP. We haven't had a chance to install but it
> seems really close to Raq's setup. Oh and it's open source and free!!

Hmmmm,, you need to share that one

> >
> I had read in Interactive or was it EWEEK that Cobalt was working on a
> Software OS that could be installed on any Linux box, when the article asked
> someone at Sun they didn't deny the rumor or say when it would be out.

At this point I don't believe much of what's said...I've seen too many
things that Sun/Cobalt employees said were due to come to pass never show
up...but in their defense, they were Cobalt employees and based on the Sun
invalidation of software warranties, it might not be surprizing that these
folks "mis-understood" the corporate 'rape the customer' mentality.

>
> Sorry but had to replay. Maybe we should move this to Host-Biz list.

Yes, I'd welcome that...at least no one will be told they're off topic
(g).

And, for those that aren't on the hosting-biz list, you can information
about it at http://www.baltimoremd.com/cobaltfacts/

Thom