"Simply Amazing" and "Head Slappers"

[Ted Roche]

Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> I want to thank all the people that sent me email on the "F***king Cool"
> email, and anyone that is inspired to send more, it is certainly
> welcome.
> 
> Now what I would like to concentrate on is more of the line of
> "Wow, I (or my boss) would really like to see that at work...

On the hardware side, I think it might be time for something like the
Cobalt again, cross-bred with a LinkSys WRT54-StorageLink-Linux box:

- Small, lower power
- Preinstalled OS, web management interface
- Plug in Internet to one plug, intranet to other plug
- Router, firewall, email server, spam filter
- Intranet server with forums, wikis, CMS already setup
- File server with USB2-plugable external storage
- Print server, autodetect, configure available printers
- Downloadable/burnable client ISOs of client workstation software
- Extranet web site (optional)
- This is combination Small Business Server Killer and low-end
Cisco/Firebox killer, potentially a monsterous SOHO solution.
- Oh, and priced at $249.


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Ted Roche
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