> For me personally, my aim is not to build "black box appliances that need
> no maintenance", but rather to build "network appliances that don't carry
> Unix baggage unless if there's no alternatives". With my consumer hat on,
> if I install an appliance to take care of a specific task for me, I don't
> want to have to hassle with source configuration and all those other
> wonderful Unix traits: I get an appliance because I want the job done
> quickly with a device that is tuned for that specific purpose.
>
> Think about it, a 500MB IDE harddrive to install FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Debian
> Linux or whatever else on costs close to nothing. If I wanted a Unix
> machine to do that task, I'd go and build one and wouldn't bother with
> things like LRP. As a 'consumer', I go for LRP because I specifically
> _don't_ want a "flexible, can do anything" solution, but a "stick it in,
> configure it, stop worrying" one.
This may be the core difference between David's Oxygen and what I'm trying
to do, and is at least one reason why I think both flavors can flourish (and
likely even build off of each other).
Charles Steinkuehler
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net
http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror)
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