[rescue] Sun / Linux LX50

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 05:10:00PM -0700, vraptor at employees.org wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> 
> >[ On Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 16:12:47 (-0700), vraptor at employees.org wrote: ]
> >> Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun / Linux LX50
> >>
> >> If you're going to spend $2800 for a Sun branded
> >> x86 box running Linux, what's another $350 to
> >> be able to manage it completely remotely?
> >
> >Well, simply put it's $350 too much.
> 
> Yes, $2800 (or whatever with your Sun discount) is *way* too much
> for what they are offering.  That was my, albeit obtuse, point.
> If a PHB is dumb enough to by this, then I can certainly see that
> PHB buying a Weasel to go in it, assuming it doesn't handle console
> output to serial.

I don't see PHBs being a big fan of weasels.  I think it would be viewed
as $350 to manage a server that is better managed with an up to date GUI
interface, rather than that ancient brain dead CLI crap.



-- 
Joshua D. Boyd