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To: RTev who wrote (20693)	4/18/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

There is a lot more to the CPQ offering than just basic file services - it also comes with proxy services, an ethernet hub and pretty much everything else needed to take a small business from peer-to-peer into a server-centric web-connected architecture. And for an additional $100 or so CPQ will come and do all the setup work including network installation. The cost of the MS small business server software alone is greater than the whole cost of this package, installed. Note also that MSFT announced a similar offering with Intel two weeks ago at WINHEC, but their offering is projected for 3Q99 and pricing is not given.

To: RTev who wrote (20693)	4/19/1999 12:23:00 AM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

After reading a review in BusinessWeek this morning about a company I'd never heard of before, I picked up the May issue of Wired to find a feature sidebar on the same company. (The issue will be available online May 11.) Turns out Cobalt Networks makes a number of plug-n-play server boxes for particular market niches. They range in price from $999 to $3,199 and are mostly sold by VARs, according to the article. They're designed as dedicated-use machines. The small-business file/internet server reviewed in BW is on the low end. On the high end of the price range are web and mail servers. What's interesting is that this company seems to be filling in niches where NT might be expected to go. It's doing it on better price and ease-of-use. According to the article, the company has sales figures only "...soon to be in the tens of thousands." No great threat to Win2000 just yet, but it sounds like a company worth watching.