[Gllug] Small rant
Martin A. Brooks
martin at hinterlands.org
Mon Nov 7 21:21:32 UTC 2005
John Hearns wrote:
> But, but what IS this thing with 'Linux is good for rescuing
> old/dead/underpowered/free hardware?'
> Sorry to say it - we've come a LOONNGG way in the last few years.
Linux, and OSS applications, are also good for rescuing modern hardware too.
For example, for one of my clients, installing a modest specification
machine in front of a an Exchange server to filter out junk mail and
viruses meant that they suddenly didn't need to spend an awful lot of
money on a processor and memory upgrade.
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