At 16:57 08/08/00 -0700, Mark Teicher wrote:
>At 02:11 PM 8/8/00 -0400, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
>
>
>>Basically, the differences all boil down to manageability,
>>installation, and sometimes performance.
>
>
> Hardware perspective essentially is basically no muss no fuss, plug it
> in and turn it on. Plug in the required information according to the
> vendor documentation and go.
>
>/m
The other side of the story is that the hardware perspective is also
basically "wait longer for the upgrade",
and "since you're lazy to read the doc, you won't be anywhere as this
resembles to nothing you've
already seen".
I personally prefer "generic" hardware on which to install specific
software, than the converse.
so while some people might be excited at the set-it-up-friendly, plug and
hope, installation is
a one-time task while "making it play" is an everyday job.
Now, as Mark said, the so-called hardware solutions are generally
hardware-software bundles. so the
situation is unclear, and is not purely technical...
regards,
mouss
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