Fwd: Small Form Factor PCs

[Tom Metro]

Mark Woodward wrote:
> ...unless there is a REALLY specific need, Windows is a very poor
> platform for this type of application.

Yes, considering that if you went with Linux you might be able to get by
with a $30 router platform. In fact, there are commercial home
automation products that do exactly that:

http://www.micasaverde.com/

(Earlier versions of this product clearly use a repurposed ASUS router.
They've since switched to a custom platform.)

 -Tom

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