Yeah, once they removed the 'Other OS' option, I don't care what they do now. i still have mine and mostly use it with my NAS to stream media. The only reason I got it in the first place, was to install Linux. I was fairly happy with my PS2.

since mobile devices have GPS. couldn't an app be written that would receive the latest information from NASA. as they get more info, they push it to the app. i f you are worried about getting hit, you install the app and monitor it. If you are in with X meters/feet of latest estimate, you get notified or your app makes a sound.

how hard is that to do? i would do the app part for android, but the data would have to be fed from a credible source.

i would bet that some lawyers are suing because they lost out on those businesses.

Removing a feature from a product that you have already purchased seem wrong. Just as the ideas of companies still having some form of control how you use something you purchased, not leased. So, is a class action lawsuit an option?

agreed. isn't the whole foss thing about flexibility and freedom?

I can attest to this. This is the same setup we used which had VoIP, DB, and HTTP. We ran OpenVZ on CentOS on DRBD. Each openvz virtual machine ran a service, sometimes several of the same services (db and voip). because fo DRBD, redundancy was taking care of, an using heartbeat, well, high availability was also easy. It worked very well. the only thing i would say, it is takes some knowledge and much elbow grease to get this working and plenty of testing. where as, some of the other solutions would be easer.