Re: [cobalt-users] Why did Cobalt use custom Hardware?

["Herby K" <mad1.z@xxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Darnell" <mdarnell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 7:42 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Why did Cobalt use custom Hardware?


> Why did Cobalt use custom hardware on the RAQs?  I keep reading about the
> hardware and ROM issues, it would have been so much cheaper to use white
box
> servers.
>
> I can only come up with two reasons.
> 1.Create an image, make it seem more than just software.  Create a
> dependancy on Cobalt.
> 2.They had the money and thought they could mass produce enough to make it
> worth their while.
>
> Call me crazy,
> Matt

Totally agree

we wouldn´t have left cobalt (with the 1st machine now) if the hardware
could be our choice.

We would pay the same amount of money only for their software/gui. But we
will not spend any cent on their crap hardware.

bye
Herby