Re: [cobalt-users] New RaQ 550

[Surfbaud <error404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 19:59 16/05/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > 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.

my supermicro has a lot of rpm's to choose from, because I chose to install 
redhat on it


> 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.

screw that, use gnome/kde. embedded video see


> 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.

running valhalla rh 7.3 here, cobalt aren't averse to bleeding edge, 
they're just stuck in a timewarp, now where is that *official* upgrade from 
php 4.0.3 then huh?


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

cobalt is becoming an issue, one of my colos has finally given up and is 
throwing the blue boxes out
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