[Soekris] Any suggestion for alternative?

[Jan Hoevers]

Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote on 16-3-2008 14:00:
> Hi,
> 
> 	Over the last few months I've talked to a local
> PC tech about the Soekris line. Well, he just went and pitched
> it and was accepted at the local fire department. That'd be
> great, except they need to run Windows 98 on it for their
> door security system. 
> 
> 	I've never seen anything about running Windows on
> any of the Soekris devices. (Maybe just because running
> Windows in and of itself is in general "A bad idea". :) )
> 
> 	Do you think a 55XX would have enough horsepower
> to run something like FreeBSD with VMWare on top of it 
> with Win98? The machine is only used for access in and out
> of the Fire Station. Having it crash during a fire is a bad
> thing. They would use something like VNC to administer it.
> 
> 	Otherwise, short of the suggestion I made back
> (A cheap {Wal|K}mart laptop), does anyone know of any
> solution?

Don't be ridiculous!
Win98 is unstable and insecure, obsolete, not available or supported
anymore, and never has been suited for any security application.
Stacking all kinds of software upon each other would not solve anything.

Read the soekris website, their products don't run windows. Go ahead if
you see any hack value in it, but don't expect anyone to buy such an
unsupported crappy solution.

I wouldn't want my local fire dept to have their security system on your
cheap laptop either, but then again, firemen do open doors with axes.

Stop kidding us, there's plenty of door locking systems on the market.

regards,
Jan Hoevers	;-)