Hey again Eric,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/16 Eric S. Raymond <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esr@snark.thyrsus.com" target="_blank">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
2. Recommendations?<br>
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My use case is pretty typical. I have one Linux machine I want to<br>
protect, automated shutown is desirable, blackouts longer than a<br>
hour are very rare at my location (the last one I can remember was<br>
in 1993), brownouts are very rare and mild, but summer thunderstorms<br>
are common and can be severe. I'm a good match for your typical<br>
consmer-grade UPS.<br>
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2a. In 2009, what do you recommend in a consumer-grade GPS?<br>
</blockquote></div><br>s/GPS/UPS/<br><br>I guess that you're implication in gpsd is the root cause of this typo ;-)<br><br>
For the recall, Eaton is the new NUT sponsor (through the MGE legacy),
and still the only UPS manufacturer that is supporting FLOSS...<br>
<br clear="all">as for the nut developers, and many other people in the FLOSS Community in general (including Linus, Dave Zeuthen, Richard Hughes, Jim Garlick), I (and obviously Eaton) would be happy and honored to provide you a unit ^_^<br>
<br>the only bad point here is that we are still in the process of revamping and redeveloping the consolidated Eaton offering (check the 2008 Christmas mail to get an idea).<br>So ATM, the choice is between the old Ellipse, Nova and Evolution:<br>
<a href="http://www.mgeops.com/index.php/products__1/120v_208v_products/ups#UPS4PC">http://www.mgeops.com/index.php/products__1/120v_208v_products/ups#UPS4PC</a><br><br>Nova might still be the best choice for your needs, while waiting for new models to be available in the US.<br>
though a small evolution might be better (but noisier too) in terms of QOS...<br><br>cheers,<br>Arnaud<br>-- <br>Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - <a href="http://www.eaton.com/mgeops" target="_blank">http://www.eaton.com/mgeops</a><br>
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