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OSS-based appliances: Cybersource/datasafe

I’m pretty happy with my 1TB Apple Time Capsule. Bought it while at the MySQL Conf in April, and it does the right thing for my situation.

Con Zymaris and his crowd at Cybersource in Melbourne made something like this ages ago, aimed at small businesses: Cybersource/DATASAFE. That’s a pretty neat solution, and an excellent example of how an OSS-based solution can be deployed in a business, regardless of what other technologies might already exist on the premises. The box will work just fine in a Windows environment.

Always focus on the solution (and what practical needs it solves for the client), not the technology (or the philosophy) – with a happy customer, you’ll get plenty of opportunity (over time) to discuss what OSS is really about, and you’re likely to find a very willing ear at that point.

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