JC -
I don't see how your "Model T" nips at the CPQ NeoServer, which is also Linux based, also has no "PC baggage", and is a lower price for more capability. Oh, I forgot to mention, it's been in the market for 2 years and sells more in a month than COBT sells in a year. Maybe one of the reasons COBT has had such dismal sales...
CPQ's neoserver is a slightly different appliance but similar to the COBT products in many ways. It was originally brought out using SCO as the OS, then it was refreshed with Linux. It offers a NAS capability which works with either Unix or Windows file systems, a proxy, no monitor or keyboard (web administration), in short pretty much the same features the Cobalt Qube offers in the $1,799 version - and then some, since the NeoServer also has a built-in 10 port 100Mb EtherNet hub. The people I talked to at Linux World seemed pretty pumped about it. It sells for $1,499 ( www1.compaq.com ) which looks to me like $400 less than the Qube if you figure $100 for the 10-port hub.
The DELL appliances are a little faster, a little more expensive, and aimed at a slightly different market. |
