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> Great. So the most powerful boxes can only be used by hackers and
> not for any serious commercial purpose requiring stablilty.......didnt
> we just have a (rather heated) discussion about this?

Uhh, yeah.  You want stability, then you can't have 'brand-new'
features.  You can't have it both ways.

To put it into a scenario you might understand.

: I want to beta-test your newest product before it's released
: publically, but it better be *rock* solid since I need your latest
: driver to handle the huge network loads I'm using.  And, I'll complain
: if it makes my machine unstable.



Nate