[BC] Automation suggestion needed

[Robert Meuser]

I guess you are not aware of OS's that boot from CD ROM and require no 
install.  I would have expected that being you are 23, you should be 
teaching me about computers and not the other way around.

R


Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> I am serious about my automation, but..for right now, I don't have a PC I
> can dedicate to installing Linux on and trying out Rivendell before 
> putting
> it on the air.
>
> I have a PC that someone just donated to me, but I haven't hooked it 
> up or
> anything yet and another computer I'm going to get isn't even here yet.
>
> i don't want to install an Operating System or Automation system I'm not
> familiar with on the only computer I've got for on air use, incase 
> something
> goes wrong.
>
> Paul Walker
>
>
> On 4/14/07, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well it sounds like you are not very serious about your automation. If
>> you were it would be on a dedicated box and the OS would not make a
>> difference.
>>
>> R
>>
>> Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>>
>> > I didn't say I wouldn't learn Linux, I just didn't wanna mess with
>> > installing it for one simple program.
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4/14/07, Powell E. Way III W4OPW <w4opw at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --- Cowboy <curt at spam-o-matic.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Saturday 14 April 2007 04:27 am, Paul B. Walker,
>> >> > Jr. wrote:
>> >> > > I'm looking for an automation system and need some
>> >> > suggestions..
>> >>
>> >> And you are not going to like them:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >  Have you looked at
>> >> >  http://www.rivendellaudio.org/
>> >> >
>> >> >  Yes, you'll need a linux box. ( before we hear that
>> >> > again as
>> >> >  a criticism )
>> >> >  The feature set vs. cost is hard to beat.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I already told him abuot Rivendell and he huffed up
>> >> and told me that HE WAS NOT going to learn Linux.
>> >>
>> >> The other systems available are not free. They cost
>> >> money .  REAL money. And a lot of them especially the
>> >> lower cost ones, don't run nearly as good as
>> >> Rivendell.
>> >>
>> >> Powell
>
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