[164527] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Friday Hosing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Patti)
Sun Jul 14 20:10:05 2013
From: "Tony Patti" <tony@swalter.com>
To: "'Patrick W. Gilmore'" <patrick@ianai.net>,
"'NANOG list'" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <8A691BFC-FF01-4B21-86E3-5150CB7DD515@ianai.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:09:32 -0400
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I think it is (could be) (should be) realistic for many/most businesses.
TWELVE years ago (press release March 20 2001), Comcast deployed Linux-based
Sun Cobalt Qube appliances as CPE with their business-class Internet
service,
these provided firewall security, web caching, optional content filtering,
an e-mail server, a web server, file and print servers.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comcast-business-communications-hits
-a-home-run-with-detroits-comerica-park-71752402.html
You could argue that
(a) it was not "your own" server, even though it was CPE, or
(b) Comcast did not continue to offer these appliances (i.e. that Sun
cancelled the product line),
but my point is that it was provided within the economics of the Internet
Services being purchased, i.e. not cost-prohibitive.
Tony Patti
CIO
S. Walter Packaging Corp.
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patrick@ianai.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:23 PM
To: NANOG list
Subject: Re: Friday Hosing
On Jul 12, 2013, at 19:22 , Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Set up your own email server, host your own web pages, maintain your
> own cloud, breath your own oxygen FTW.
That's simply not realistic for many companies and essentially all people
(to a first approximation).
--
TTFN,
patrick
