On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 4:07pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> As a second note I forgot about, it also has a built in FTP and web server, >> as well as the ability to run Java servlets. Definatly a nice little >> box.. > > Ahm, okay, so how is this different than a Cobalt then?
One is made by Sun, the other's made by Quantum. ;-) > Cobalt is now owned by Sun. And, AFAIK, they have not yet shoehorned either Solaris or a SPARC into a Cobalt box yet. Amazing. :-) > Also, keep in mind, [Cobalt boxes are] meant as a web appliance, not > necessarilly an NFS/CIFS server. Seeing how they are both made from the same commodity i386 parts (and same basic software), I don't know that means much. Cobalt's original product line (the Qube) was a LAN server appliance (NFS/CIFS/etc). As I understand it, the biggest change from LAN appliance to web appliance was the marketing literature. ;-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************