[geeks] KVM for Sun Sparc Servers with USB keyboards

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> The REALLY stupid thing I hate about Detroit is the damned option
> matrix.  To cite just one example, it was UTTERLY BARKING INSANE that on
> a 1991 Z28 with a 5.7L V8, you could *not* have both the heavy-duty rear
> axle *and* the four-wheel disc brakes on the same car.  On a supposedly
> high performance car, you have to choose EITHER four-wheel discs OR the
> heavy-duty rear axle?  And you couldn't have a stickshift with your 5.7L
> V8, either.  You could have a six-speed manual with your 5.7L V8 in a
> Corvette, but if you wanted that 5.7L in a Camaro, you had to settle for
> a four-speed automatic.  If you wanted the five-speed manual in the
> Camaro (you couldn't get the six-speed at all), you had to settle for a
> 5.0L.  Not because the hardware wasn't available.  Just because God
> Forbid A Mere Camaro Should Ever Even APPEAR To Challenge The Corvette's
> Divine Shininess.  (In fact, if you got the 5.0L, you HAD to have the
> five-speed manual.  You could not order the car with the 5.0L V8 and a
> four-speed automatic if the only thing you really wanted was to get a
> firmer ride and better roadholding than the base Camaro model.)

Detroit isn't the only one guilty of this.  Many other manufacturers 
have this problem.  Porsche is particularly notorious for this.

Peace...  Sridhar