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Garrett Goebel wrote in to let us know that the new NetWinder GS is available for purchase from Corel Computer, even though it is suspiciously absent from their web site. It's apparently a Qube-like device, functionality-wise, and since their is no URL for the story yet, they hopefully won't mind the submitted email pasted below. "

Here's a copy of the announcement I received via email

Dear Corel Customer,

Thank you for your interest in Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products. The response to date for our Linux-powered thin clients and servers has been tremendous, and we appreciate all the great feedback that customers like you have provided.

Corel Computer is proud to announce the commercial release of our latest NetWinder product...The NetWinder Group Server, a powerful new Open-Source Web server ideally suited for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), workgroups and small businesses. Powered by the Linux operating system, the NetWinder Group Server sets a new standard for Internet and intranet appliances, and comes complete with Apache Web Server software and an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of HTML-based configuration tools.

Special Introductory Offer: To celebrate its launch and to reward our customers who have been waiting to purchase the NetWinder Group Server, we are extending the following special offer: Order before February 12, 1999 and receive a discount of US$100 on each NetWinder Group Server ordered (discount offer applies to a maximum of three NetWinder Group Servers per customer; discount applied at time of purchase).

Order Information: To have a Corel representative contact you and process your Online NetWinder Order, please complete the form at link A Corel representative will contact you as soon as possible after receipt of your submission.

Or call our Toll-Free Order Line (in North America): 1-877-282-6735 Call Direct (outside North America): 1-613-788-6001 (When ordering, please have your credit card ready, or arrange to place your order via a corporate purchase order.)

For more information on Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products, please visit link

For announcements about Corel Linux software and hardware, and for announcements of general interest to the Linux community, please visit "> link and ."> link "

Garrett Goebel wrote in to let us know that the new NetWinder GS is available for purchase from Corel Computer, even though it is suspiciously absent from their web site. It's apparently a Qube-like device, functionality-wise, and since their is no URL for the story yet, they hopefully won't mind the submitted email pasted below. "

Here's a copy of the announcement I received via email

Dear Corel Customer,

Thank you for your interest in Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products. The response to date for our Linux-powered thin clients and servers has been tremendous, and we appreciate all the great feedback that customers like you have provided.

Corel Computer is proud to announce the commercial release of our latest NetWinder product...The NetWinder Group Server, a powerful new Open-Source Web server ideally suited for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), workgroups and small businesses. Powered by the Linux operating system, the NetWinder Group Server sets a new standard for Internet and intranet appliances, and comes complete with Apache Web Server software and an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of HTML-based configuration tools.

Special Introductory Offer: To celebrate its launch and to reward our customers who have been waiting to purchase the NetWinder Group Server, we are extending the following special offer: Order before February 12, 1999 and receive a discount of US$100 on each NetWinder Group Server ordered (discount offer applies to a maximum of three NetWinder Group Servers per customer; discount applied at time of purchase).

Order Information: To have a Corel representative contact you and process your Online NetWinder Order, please complete the form at link A Corel representative will contact you as soon as possible after receipt of your submission.

Or call our Toll-Free Order Line (in North America): 1-877-282-6735 Call Direct (outside North America): 1-613-788-6001 (When ordering, please have your credit card ready, or arrange to place your order via a corporate purchase order.)

For more information on Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products, please visit link

For announcements about Corel Linux software and hardware, and for announcements of general interest to the Linux community, please visit "> link and ."> link "

Garrett Goebel wrote in to let us know that the new NetWinder GS is available for purchase from Corel Computer, even though it is suspiciously absent from their web site. It's apparently a Qube-like device, functionality-wise, and since their is no URL for the story yet, they hopefully won't mind the submitted email pasted below. "

Here's a copy of the announcement I received via email

Dear Corel Customer,

Thank you for your interest in Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products. The response to date for our Linux-powered thin clients and servers has been tremendous, and we appreciate all the great feedback that customers like you have provided.

Corel Computer is proud to announce the commercial release of our latest NetWinder product...The NetWinder Group Server, a powerful new Open-Source Web server ideally suited for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), workgroups and small businesses. Powered by the Linux operating system, the NetWinder Group Server sets a new standard for Internet and intranet appliances, and comes complete with Apache Web Server software and an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of HTML-based configuration tools.

Special Introductory Offer: To celebrate its launch and to reward our customers who have been waiting to purchase the NetWinder Group Server, we are extending the following special offer: Order before February 12, 1999 and receive a discount of US$100 on each NetWinder Group Server ordered (discount offer applies to a maximum of three NetWinder Group Servers per customer; discount applied at time of purchase).

Order Information: To have a Corel representative contact you and process your Online NetWinder Order, please complete the form at link A Corel representative will contact you as soon as possible after receipt of your submission.

Or call our Toll-Free Order Line (in North America): 1-877-282-6735 Call Direct (outside North America): 1-613-788-6001 (When ordering, please have your credit card ready, or arrange to place your order via a corporate purchase order.)

For more information on Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products, please visit link

For announcements about Corel Linux software and hardware, and for announcements of general interest to the Linux community, please visit "> link and ."> link "

Garrett Goebel wrote in to let us know that the new NetWinder GS is available for purchase from Corel Computer, even though it is suspiciously absent from their web site. It's apparently a Qube-like device, functionality-wise, and since their is no URL for the story yet, they hopefully won't mind the submitted email pasted below. "

Here's a copy of the announcement I received via email

Dear Corel Customer,

Thank you for your interest in Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products. The response to date for our Linux-powered thin clients and servers has been tremendous, and we appreciate all the great feedback that customers like you have provided.

Corel Computer is proud to announce the commercial release of our latest NetWinder product...The NetWinder Group Server, a powerful new Open-Source Web server ideally suited for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), workgroups and small businesses. Powered by the Linux operating system, the NetWinder Group Server sets a new standard for Internet and intranet appliances, and comes complete with Apache Web Server software and an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of HTML-based configuration tools.

Special Introductory Offer: To celebrate its launch and to reward our customers who have been waiting to purchase the NetWinder Group Server, we are extending the following special offer: Order before February 12, 1999 and receive a discount of US$100 on each NetWinder Group Server ordered (discount offer applies to a maximum of three NetWinder Group Servers per customer; discount applied at time of purchase).

Order Information: To have a Corel representative contact you and process your Online NetWinder Order, please complete the form at link A Corel representative will contact you as soon as possible after receipt of your submission.

Or call our Toll-Free Order Line (in North America): 1-877-282-6735 Call Direct (outside North America): 1-613-788-6001 (When ordering, please have your credit card ready, or arrange to place your order via a corporate purchase order.)

For more information on Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products, please visit link

For announcements about Corel Linux software and hardware, and for announcements of general interest to the Linux community, please visit "> link and ."> link "

Garrett Goebel wrote in to let us know that the new NetWinder GS is available for purchase from Corel Computer, even though it is suspiciously absent from their web site. It's apparently a Qube-like device, functionality-wise, and since their is no URL for the story yet, they hopefully won't mind the submitted email pasted below. "

Here's a copy of the announcement I received via email

Dear Corel Customer,

Thank you for your interest in Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products. The response to date for our Linux-powered thin clients and servers has been tremendous, and we appreciate all the great feedback that customers like you have provided.

Corel Computer is proud to announce the commercial release of our latest NetWinder product...The NetWinder Group Server, a powerful new Open-Source Web server ideally suited for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), workgroups and small businesses. Powered by the Linux operating system, the NetWinder Group Server sets a new standard for Internet and intranet appliances, and comes complete with Apache Web Server software and an easy-to-use, comprehensive set of HTML-based configuration tools.

Special Introductory Offer: To celebrate its launch and to reward our customers who have been waiting to purchase the NetWinder Group Server, we are extending the following special offer: Order before February 12, 1999 and receive a discount of US$100 on each NetWinder Group Server ordered (discount offer applies to a maximum of three NetWinder Group Servers per customer; discount applied at time of purchase).

Order Information: To have a Corel representative contact you and process your Online NetWinder Order, please complete the form at link A Corel representative will contact you as soon as possible after receipt of your submission.

Or call our Toll-Free Order Line (in North America): 1-877-282-6735 Call Direct (outside North America): 1-613-788-6001 (When ordering, please have your credit card ready, or arrange to place your order via a corporate purchase order.)

For more information on Corel Computer and our NetWinder family of products, please visit link

For announcements about Corel Linux software and hardware, and for announcements of general interest to the Linux community, please visit "> link and ."> link "

blalor writes " Zac Sprackett has released a client/daemon package for the NetWinders that allows someone with a PalmPilot with the IR port to do basic administrator and monitoring tasks. Very cool! "

colonel writes "Corel Computer has released two new versions of the NetWinder Linux machine, a Group Server and a Rackmounted one aimed at ISPs. The RackMounted NetWinder lacks the multimedia features, but uses UW-SCSI instead of EIDE. Two can fit in 1.75" of 19" rack space. Hopefully, Corel will continue its tradition of donating hardware to the Centre for Creative Learning in Linux so we can see how well they "stack" up. " Heck, why stop there-I'd love to see how well it stacks up in my living room.

colonel writes "Corel Computer has released two new versions of the NetWinder Linux machine, a Group Server and a Rackmounted one aimed at ISPs. The RackMounted NetWinder lacks the multimedia features, but uses UW-SCSI instead of EIDE. Two can fit in 1.75" of 19" rack space. Hopefully, Corel will continue its tradition of donating hardware to the Centre for Creative Learning in Linux so we can see how well they "stack" up. " Heck, why stop there-I'd love to see how well it stacks up in my living room.

In what may prove a significant blow to low cost x86 manufacturers and embedded processor developers such as MIPS, Intel has been working on a ARM 110 and media DSP combination, code named StrongArm 1500. This is also good for Corel Computer's Netwinder. In related news, the price of copper manufacturing is higher than expected. A good round up of the last two weeks events can be read at C'T.

K-Man writes "In case anyone hasn't heard, Corel is offering special Comdex discounts on its new Netwinder. For example, a 64M/2.1G DM is going for $709 US, discounted from $889. The offer is over at end-of-day FRIDAY. That's tomorrow, 7/17. Call them to get prices; there's no mention on the website. "
The best list of phone numbers I could find is here.

The NetBSD Project claims to be "first to support USB". They have a keyboard driver, a mouse driver, a printer driver, and more all done! Congrats, guys! USB sounds like something really cool - perhaps the NetWinder folks at CCC should take note! Now, let's get hacking on those Linux drivers!

Dirk Eddelbuettel writes "Today's Globe&Mail (Canada's national paper) top business story is about Corel closing two units (WordPerfect in Utah as well Corel Computer Corp.) and slashing 20% of the jobs after the sixth quarterly loss in a row. That could well mean the end of the NetWinder story. " Update I've received email from Oliver Bendzsa who says "As an FYI, Corel Computer is alive and well, NetWinder is alive and well, and Linux is alive and well.". Glad to hear it.

Techweb points out the number of large players that have recently joined the Linux community in its coverage of Corel openning its source code. But it tempers its enthusiasm quoting the nay-sayers who always seem to associate Open Source with dying companies.

Puffin writes "Some friends of mine at the EngSoc Project at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada will be in the Corel announcement with a notebook and will be relaying live details as they are announced on LinuxNet IRC (#Corel on irc.cabi.net or linux.mit.edu). It starts at 7pm EDT, 2am GMT. More details are at here. " No matter what the announcement, I'm excited to see Corel joining the growing list of companies that are formally willing to support Open Source. I don't expect an announcement as exciting as Mozilla, but I expect it's going to be cool. Update Everyone should be in #corel intead of #linux on LinuxNET this evening. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there at 7pm.

Intel will be using the StrongARM design for handheld devices, and other low cost appliances. This is the first time Intel has used a non in-house design and architecture: it is a licensee of ARM , which keeps control of the direction of the chip. Hopefully this will boost rather than diminish ARM's chances of survival. StrongARM may now replace i960 as RISC chip for the I2O spec. While being good news for Corel, it may prove problematic for x86 vendors hoping to build x86's for the information appliance market.

Wichert Akkerman gave us a great article about Corel introducing a new NC, the Corel Video Network Computer. It's based on 230-300Mgz ARM processor and runis Linux as the operating system. All client software will be java-based.