Eric S. Raymond on Thu, 7 Jan 1999 18:43:15 -0500 (EST) |
Rebecca Ore <rebecca.ore@op.net>: > The good, bad? Opinions. I've installed RedHat a couple of times so > don't feel a need to prove stuff, but will be setting up a two box > network at home. I've had no problems with Micron, but wanted to > support the side. I know there's a place in New Hampshire, DCG, that offers > installed Linux on Intel, Alphas, and Sun. I know nothing about Wheat. But the top guns in the custom-Linux-box business are generally conceded to be VA Research, www.varesearch.com. Linus Torvalds's personal machine is a VA Research workstation. I use a VAR box they gave me about six months ago and it has been nothing but a pleasure -- they build high-quality hardware and test it to a fare-thee-well before shipping. I like the company a lot; they have a great attitude and they work hard at supporting the Linux community (among other things, VAR actually hosts the Debian site and is a major Slashdot sponsor.) Obligatory disclaimer: I have accepted a directorship on VAR's board -- but only after spending a week there, helping them build computers and getting to know their people. I have high standards for who I'll let use my name. VAR meets them all. (Someone else mentioned Penguin Computing; it was was founded by a former VAR employee, my friend Sam Ockman). -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr">Eric S. Raymond</a> If a thousand men were not to pay their tax-bills this year, that would ... [be] the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible. -- Henry David Thoreau -- To unsubscribe, send a message with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject or body of your message to plug-request@lists.nothinbut.net
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