Re: [cobalt-users] New RaQ 550

[Tim Dunn <tdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Why would anyone spend the money to get a cobalt box, with the spec's that 
> apple is giving on there box blows away any cobalt config?

I've a few reasons why a service provider may want Cobalt over Apple:

1) availability of rpm's.  Not saying that everything out there is good,
   just that there's a lot to choose from.

2) serial port console management (why not 9600 8n1 like everyone else?)
   Dunno if the Apple has 'em, but the rackmount PC case probably doesn't.

3) general aversion to 'bleeding edge' - a unix-savvy (linux and solaris)
   sysadmin (and long-time Mac user) was having some problems porting some 
   package or another to OSX.

However, #1 and #3 will inevitably become non-issues with time

tim

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