Tor Bechmann Sorensen wrote:
>    5) since I think that I can provide the same uptime, and the 
> necessary performance with a m0n0wall.
> 
> I have however, based on the information that I have been able to find, 
> started worrying if 5) is really true.
> 
> I am hoping someone here with more experience than myself can help me 
> judging whether 5) is true.
> 

Very very true.

Your hardware is more likely to fail, than m0n0wall actually is.