rootninja

I read this article and my mind started churning away, thinking up new ideas for home networking appliances that I could create and sell, but then I ran into this part and started scratching my head because something just didn’t sound right immediately.

“While the concept is absolutely brilliant, rating a 5 out of 5 for potential usefulness in a wide array of emerging enterprise-level applications, TG Daily must give Marvell a very low score (0.1 out of 5) for the “easier to use” factor Dr. Milner mentions above. This device being built on a Linux framework with no built-in video support would not be easy to use at all.”

Ok, I guess I follow this logic when you think of all the idiot proof devices out there and compare their immediate, right out-of-the-box ease-of-use to this little puppy. But the whole draw of this device is the wide open possibilities in potential network appliances! (Hello? McFly? …things that don’t need monitors in the first place!) I wonder if the reviewer here has ever even seen a server room full of rack mount servers and OMG-No monitors!? Ok ok, enough. Lets move on. Here’s the real problem I have with this review:

The only advantages would come if Marvell released it pre-configured with software designed to work a particular way (which they do), and then nothing ever failed or needed to be expanded. However, as prone to failures as computers are, finding the need to address any problem whatsoever (including software upgrades), immediately places the user inside the realm of having to work with Linux. And whereas Debian-based Linux distributions have come a long way, they are far from user-friendly. And that goes doubly-so on a machine which must be remote-accessed.

Oh no, we need to work in the realm of Linux? Oh the horror!!! They are far from user-friendly my butt… Now I’m almost positive they picked the wrong dude to review this device. Perhaps a review on the latest Norton Anti-Virus for your Windows home computer would be better suited for his style.