On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:36:19 -0700, Roy said: > On 7/17/2013 1:59 PM, Alex Harrowell wrote: > > On 15/07/13 01:09, Tony Patti wrote: > >> TWELVE years ago (press release March 20 2001), Comcast deployed > >> Linux-based > >> Sun Cobalt Qube appliances as CPE with their business-class Internet > >> service, > >> these provided firewall security, web caching, optional content filtering, > >> an e-mail server, a web server, file and print servers. > > > > This is a good idea.
> Whistle Interjet -- circa 1995 Of course, in 1995, if you gave a customer something like that, there was still a reasonably good chance that doing so wouldn't generate a ton of support calls, because if they were a customer at all, they probably had a clue. These days, it seems giving a customer anything more user-servicable than an iPad is just asking for trouble...
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