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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:48 pm, Dave Howorth wrote:
I wrote to APC suggesting that they support the apcupsd project rather than build and support their own software, which just distracts them from their core business. I'd suggest everybody else do the same.
A long time ago I had to install powerchute onto a Solaris box. I was very impressed at the way the install script documented what it did, kept backups of all the files it changed, and slotted itself in. If only all software was as polite. It worked well too (over serial with the crazy cable) michaelj -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.