...if it is "ok", I'll just point out that I was perfectly sincere when I told Ed that he was a reasonable and intelligent person I respect. I wasn't being sarcastic or facetious, and I truly think he was in a bad mood when he posted the response. If you want to refer to that as an "e-penis", I'd say you need to get your priorities in order, and maybe practice some improved communication skills.
As for everything else, I offered an opinion, and I backed it up, which is more than anybody else has done since I stated it. If you haven't been following the conversation, I invite you to go back and read my posts in chronological order. I started out openly skeptical about the product. I asked several specific questions, which Ed directly and factually answered. My subsequent posts indicated that I now think WHS is a well-implemented server appliance. IOW, I'm more than willing to change my opinion in the face of clearly argued opinions and/or facts, and I have demonstrably done so in this Talkback. My main point in the current thread (here:http://tinyurl.com/2orqp4) wasn't even about the similarity of concept (which is obvious); it was that time will tell whether it has sufficient market to make it a success. I hardly think that's arguable, as the product hasn't even been released. It's also my opinion, and I have heard nothing in the way of cogent argument to the contrary, that the concept of a server appliance remains unchanged even if the specific features vary among implementations. That's not so difficult to understand.
By all means, continue the ad hominem attacks if you like, but that doesn't touch my argument. Have a lovely evening.
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