Appliances are here! (Score 1)

Intel is already selling appliances. They are
black boxes containing Intel chips and memory
and an unlisted operating system (could it be
Linux?). Following are the prices from CDW:

1. eMail Station, $677.42. LAN and Internet
e-mail domain server for small business.
No monitor, no keyboard -- log in from any
browser to configure.

2. ISDN router, $398.64. Shared Internet access
for a small business from one ISDN line.

This is not an ad for Intel, but it shows how
anyone can build black boxes with a preconfigured
version of Linux set up for a few simple tasks.