OLPC - Nov 12 launch

[Ted Roche]

Coleman Kane wrote:

> I found the following one named Fit PC which manages to sport two
> ethernet ports. It seems roughly similar in specs to koolu. The two
> ports make it nice for a smart networking device.
> 
> http://www.fit-pc.com/new/fit-pc/about-fit-pc.html
> 

Very competitive: Fit v. Koolu: 256 Mb v. 512 Mb, 40 Gb HDD v. 80 Gb
HDD. $285 USD v. $299 CAD. I wouldn't be surprised to find they were
based on the same mobo, since they used identical CPUs and their sizes
are quite close.

Fit is listed as out of stock until December (they've been slashdotted
-- hopefully that will pay for version 2.o!) while, last I checked,
Koolu is in stock and shipping now. Both look like a really interesting
form factor to work with.

The second ethernet connector on the Fit is a good idea. One application
I have need for is a low-traffic web and file transfer server. Expose
one NIC to the internet and bind the other to in-house intranet for
command-and-control... (yes, I know I can do this six other ways with
DMZ or port forwarding or...)

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Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
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