On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Michael Irving wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just saw this posted on Slashdot:
> > http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/JohnZedlewski/JohnZedlewski1.html
> >
> > Okay, it's Red-Hat Specific, but there are many interesting ideas.
> > Especially this, where it describes what I'm up to:
> > "Last, but not least, what will you be selling two years from now? The
> > answer, I think is clear: integrated solutions (buzzword buzzword). Your
> > new Red Hat e-commerce server is a nice start in this direction, but it
> > still falls into the Linux trap: assuming the customer can do it for
> > him/herself."
> >
> > Now, in addition to making a big package for every user, why not focus
> > on some integrated solutions for specific customers? The Corel Netwinder
> > is an example, as is the Wyse Linux Terminal or the Empeg, or the Helius
> > Satellite Router. Here are some of the solutions I'm currently working
> > on:
> > - ISP-in-a-box
> > - Extranet server
> > - Linux in Internet Kiosk
> >
> > Maybe we can package Linux in other ways:
> > - Cheap Home Computer without Windows
> > - Internet Telephony appliance
> > - Home entertainment center
> > - Medical Applications
> > - Point-of-sale applications
> > etc...
> >
> > Give me your toughts/suggestions/flames about this.
> >
>
> Actually what I think is to have alot more preselected versions (besides the
> normal Workstation Server Custom) like :
> Workstation: KDE
> Workstation: Gnome
> Workstation: No Dev
> Server: SMB Server(who would give you printer filesharing options)
> Server: Firewall/Router (only install needed and 'secure' packages)
> Server: Applications
> Server: Internet Server (apache sendmail and such)
> etc
I definately agree. I would especially like to see the Firewall/Router
one, getting rid of a lot of useless junk. Of course this means having to
be careful about packages with dependancies...
Ian
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