Yes hardware is getting cheaper, but how sloppy and fat do we allow the code to become? Home systems are coming with 128MB of ram standard these days, so it's OK for a NOS to require a GIG of ram to boot up(???). Is there any limit to just how ludicrous we plan to allow an OS's requirements to get? CHEAPER does not equal FREE. If that has become the case, would someone give me one of those new Alpha 21264 dual 700 configurations? I would also like 18 gig cheetahs in a raid 5 config (fibre channel of course), 4 gigs of RAM and a couple Oxygen 402's with a two 30" monitors. I'll need something bigger for my firewall of course... Just contact me for the shipping information. -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: OS Platform for firewall (...the answer is..) But I'm sure the NT-advocats will soon point out that RAM, CPU and HD-space is cheap, so "slim, fast OS" is not on most corporate-types tick-list when they put together a firewall-solution. - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
