I find it interesting he brings this up. First of all, hasn't Apple already had their turn on the Gaussian roller coaster? If Apple can now take another trip, are they unique in this regard? I personally don't think so, Linux is quite unique itself. Also to mention that while individually, many of the traditional Unix flavors have been losing share, Unix in one form or another has been around and steady running the net for many, many years, and Linux shows the category as a whole is growing.
Stability
Minor bit, but I don't like how he writes this off. He basically says "Linux is stable but so are other flavors of Unix". Um... How does that negate Linux's stability as a factor? Just because they are not completely unique in this regard does not mean it isn't still an advantage. If you want to say "People haven't moved to SunOS and that's stable" (or OSF or Solaris or VMS etc.), it's ignoring a number of other things, mainly the cost of the OS as well as the limitations of what (costly) hardware it will run on.
Linux & Hardware
Funny the author should speak about Linux being tied to Intel. Traditionally true, but more and more Linux is spreading that stuffed-to-the-brim-with-herring good feeling around. Moreover, he assumes Linux cannot be ported over to the newer Mac PPC machines without Apple's help. Granted, it may take a while, but Linux has proven to overcome great obstacles in hardware support. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Linus had a overly great deal of cooperation with Intel when he originally managed to write the first kernel. From the author's arguments, then, Linux would gain the same Great Mac Advantages TM (shiny colorful cases & fold out doors).
Nimbleness
I mentioned it before, Apple does have the advantage of a strong central leadership and complete control over their product. Of course, I can't help but recall all the recent treatise on the virtus of open source, which included the often impressive ability of quick accomplishments and fixes. I particularly like how Mac can quickly spin to deal with things such as Palm Pilots, QuickTime and network bootable computers, while Linux Pilot projects are well on their way, Linux users can watch streaming movies with the best of them, and network bootable computers... please, how long ago did Linux support that? Lastly, IMHO, the "stagnant Intel hardware" arena may be in for some changes... I personally think, at this time more than any other, Intel may be trumped by AMD. But that's neither here nor there.
Given the often Linuxcentric nature of this site, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt they know what IP Masq is. I'd like to know though why that isn't an option they'd consider.
I think if you're going to ask people to donate a hefty sum like 1600 dollars they are at least entitled to know why you need 3 IP's. Why not just 1, or why not another option like cellular modem? You could do an aweful lot with $1600, is there a specific reason 3 IPs are needed instead of another option?
Slashdot Mirror
Can't wait to sell a kidney for one of those... I'll need a 20 terabyte drive in a year or 2 though :/
When is the 50G laptop drive going to come out so I can plug it into the EMPEG that I also will never have?
Gaussian Curve
Stability
Linux & Hardware
Nimbleness
Just some thoughts.Given the often Linuxcentric nature of this site, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt they know what IP Masq is. I'd like to know though why that isn't an option they'd consider.
I think if you're going to ask people to donate a hefty sum like 1600 dollars they are at least entitled to know why you need 3 IP's. Why not just 1, or why not another option like cellular modem? You could do an aweful lot with $1600, is there a specific reason 3 IPs are needed instead of another option?
... Then the hot prize would be the 'no extension' domains... http://microsoft/ http://computers/ http://software/ etc.
... Then the hot prize would be the 'no extension' domains... http://microsoft/ http://computers/ http://software/ etc.
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