At 03:37 PM 7/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Joe wrote:
>
>>I have also been informed that UPS's by APC for around $200 will
>>do what I want.. so that will be the next addition.. thanks
>>all..
>
>Get a "Best Power UPS" instead. They are higher quality IMHO,
>cheaper, and they directly support Linux, and give out source
>code. APCC does NOT support Linux, does not give out source
>code, and have been rather careless with respect to the Linux
>community.
>
>I have an APC SmartUPS 600, and it is not working. It lasted
>about 6 months. It died 2 days before Andre Hedrick released his
>GPL'd APC power software.
>
>Everyone I talk to recommends Best UPS's over APC anyways. I was
>at both the Best Power, and the APC booths at COMDEX last week,
>and although APC's booth was larger, the people at the Best booth
>were much more polite, and friendly. When I asked them about
>Linux, the Best people were on the ball, and ensured me it worked
>fantastic with Linux, while the response I got from the APC rep
>was "Linux? What is that?"...
>
>Just some food for thought.
>
>>and please no more emails to me on this topic. I think I have
>>recieved over 200....
>
>Ok, I changed the topic to UPS's..... ;o)
>
>Take care Joe!
>
>TTYL
>
>
>--
>Mike A. Harris Linux advocate GNU advocate
>Computer Consultant Open Source advocate
>
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