____/ [H]omer on Saturday 25 August 2007 23:16 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Windows Home Server – Is It Really Worth It?
> [...]
>> How typical. Microsoft ignored everything but Microsoft.
>
> This product is far too limited to be useful, regardless of price or
> compatibility.
>
> It's laughable that Microsoft should waste their time "reinventing" the
> server like this, when the Free Software and Open Standards solution
> already works an order of magnitude better, at virtually zero cost ...
> *and* is fully cross-platform compatible.
>
> I have a tiny Mini-ITX server next door that already does everything
> this sorry excuse for a so-called "server" does, and a whole /shedload/
> more. The hardware cost me <100 squid off eBay, and the OS ... Fedora.
>
> Why did they even bother?
They will need to spend obscene amounts of money making it seem like Home
Server is the second coming. They tried that with Vista, but it did not work.
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