If it works like everything else they make, victory is immanent! Marcel
: -----Original Message----- : From: Cameron Nikitiuk [mailto:cameron.nikitiuk@;shaw.ca] : Sent: October 23, 2002 10:28 PM : To: Clug-Talk : Subject: (clug-talk) News - Is the world coming to an end? : : : Something from the "Scare the crap out me" file here: : : Went into work this morning (Staples - Chinook for those who : don't know) and : scanned some of the new products. Imagine my horror when I saw some, : although sleek and sexy looking, networking gear proudly bearing the : Microsoft name. : : Is it just me or is this just wrong? Should she guys actually be : allowed to : develop networking products? I can't but wonder if they operate : similar to : other networking products (D-Link, Linksys, NetGear) and use a web : interface. If that's the case, I know other products tend to use : some sort : of Linux derivative for there OS (at least that's the way it is : with the big : toys - Lucent, Nortel, WatchGuard, etc.). So wouldn't that be interesting : if Microsoft had someone build the products for them, and that : manufacturer : used a Linux OS for its base. : : Just sort of babbling here...but I am finished now. : : Regards, : : Cameron Nikitiuk : :
