I urge you to check out the OpenWRT project. http://openwrt.org/
Although this uCLinux distribution just supported The Linksys WRT-54g series of
WiFi routers, support has been expanded to agreat number of devices that
support internal harddrives. The processors in these devices are generally mi
Hi Peter,
I have been trying to contact you - if you dont mind could you please make
contact with me at my email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kind regards,
Matt
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This is an outstanding response - better than I had hoped for. Now that I'm
back out of bed (there's a rather unpleasant flu running around - I literally
couldn't pull the brainpower together to post an intelligible message) I
finally want to respond to it!
What I got out of this is tha
Bill Moffitt wrote:
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>So, there's only one question left: what's going to make those five people
>sitting around in somebody's garage look around and, instead of coming to the
>conclusion that they need a Windows server, come to the obvious and
>irrefutable conclusion that they need a Solaris
> Again, the barriers to entry are huge. Maybe you have
> a market for your target as I am way out of touch
> with enterprise needs and such (cater to really small
> biz). But for the SBS audience, to quote a cliche,
> you (or anyone who tries to do this really as many
> have already) is fighting a
> ALOM would be wonderful, but probably out-of-price
> range, remember its another CPU/ethernet/...
ALOM is a must, especially for a black box appliance. Otherwise, the thing
would only be good as a workstation or a thin client.
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Thanks UX-admin, I have always respected your opinion around here.
I think your idea is great and I would be behind you 100%.
BUT...
Again, the barriers to entry are huge. Maybe you have a market for your target
as I am way out of touch with enterprise needs and such (cater to really small
biz
[i]"So, there's only one question left: what's going to make those five people
sitting around in somebody's garage look around and, instead of coming to the
conclusion that they need a Windows server, come to the obvious and irrefutable
conclusion that they need a Solaris server?"
[/i]
For the
> Anyway, that is my story. I am open to further
> discussion as I have a lot of field experience with
> this not only from knowing what the masses of office
> users want/desire but also from a business
> perspective of making decisions based on the fine
> line of my ideas of the bests (Postifix on
>
> What do others (particularly others who have been
> involved in buying a "first server" for a small
> business) think about this?
I will probably end up rambling but I would like to chime in since I have much
experience with this area (SMB's with employees<10 ).
I started to 'consult' inde
(Continued)
So, the first question that should be asked is, "Why do these small businesses
need a server?" In my limited and unscientific inquiries, I have found two
answers:
1.) For a collaboration space, so we can have email, internal web, file
sharing, and other collaboration services that
Peter-
Believe it or not, this is a question I have been pondering ever since I left
Sun in 2005- how can Solaris, with its many winning attributes (open source,
reliability, security, wealth of services, etc.) be turned into a viable
competitor to Microsoft Windows Small Business Server?
Part
Well, I'm not a marketing person, but in Sun's product line, its very light
(think V125, then V240, then T2000, then X4500/X4600, then Ex000, then Exx000,
its pretty light on most things)
Also Apple's naming of the Mini, state or understate what the product is and
let the market place be wowed
Think Apple Mac Mini with dual or quad ethernet and 5 "flash" drives (for the
reason mentioned in the article, and there current size and reliability
concerns)
Also I'm didn't won't to pick a "flash" technology, because I don't know the
relative pros/cons of each of the more than half-a-dozen u
> That looks like a very interesting product. My first
> comment would be the name. This will be a pretty
> powerful box for the market you are going for, so I
> don't see "lite" as an appropriate term. I'm sure
> Sun's marketing folks can come up with something
> nice. ;-)
I'd call it "IPX2", but
> So at the end of the day I guess its a "server
> appliance" that I'm after, flexible for the array of
> tasks that servers may have to perform, but quiet and
> cost-effective to market that its designed to sell
> into.
So what you're looking for is a SPARCStation IPX form factor system with a
b
That looks like a very interesting product. My first comment would be the name.
This will be a pretty powerful box for the market you are going for, so I don't
see "lite" as an appropriate term. I'm sure Sun's marketing folks can come up
with something nice. ;-)
Thinking about it some more, it
>
> The ideas presented within are not revolutionary but
> I hope they represent an evolutionary next stage for
> smaller server/appliance systems. I've attached the
> proposal, as it about two pages long, hopefully this
> will also avoid unnecessary quoting in the
> responses.
>
> Looking forwar
> and even some small businesses need. The price, form factor and noise
> of these solutions also detracts many users from such solutions.
>
> - well .. maybe. I guess if we are talking small 5 man shops then yes,
> no one wants an Opteron screamer jet engine roaring in their office
Exactly the
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