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RE: Cobalt Qube - anyone seen/used one?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (robert)
Wed Oct 28 14:36:27 1998
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From: "robert" <robert@ccaz.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 12:33:31 -0700
In-Reply-To: <363764C7.89623B1@nook.net>
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Here, here....I totally agree with the stacking thing. Even the little hubs
like 3Com 8p100bT should stack. What are manufacturers thinking, that as
network needs grow you need to provide all kinds of shelf space and have
wires all over for their (ergo/pretty) products? I bet their betting you'll
just buy the rack product to replace the ergo one. Most people don't care
what the product looks like, just what is does for their net (ie why do
users typically go with a mid tower and stuff it under their desks).
robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Ramon Gandia [mailto:rfg@nook.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:39 AM
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Cobalt Qube - anyone seen/used one?
Michael Jinks wrote:
> The Corel NetWinder is similarly sized, similarly priced, and reportedly
> faster (according to Corel). It also has both 10bT and 100bT ethernet;
> IIRC, the Qube is only 10bT, but I may be wrong about that.
The Cobalt RaQ has 10/100 ethernet.
The Netwinder, from the ads I've seen in LJ, is the funkiest,
most UNMOUNTABLE, unrackable thing I've ever seen. If they have
a Rack Mount version they better advertise 'cause its the main
reason I have not even considered one.
That reminds of my next favorite pet peeve. Modems and other
devices that can't even stack. Like the USRobotics Sporsters,
or the WebRamp M3 which is rounded at the top. They even make
network hubs that way. Hey, it may be okay for toasters, but
I think computers should be boxy, vented out the BACK, and
stackable within reason. Anything else is BS. Any takers on this
opinionated statement?
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