Netwinder is Back

Vic writes "The Ottawa Business Journal is reporting that a new company, Netwinder Inc., is being started to resurrect the Netwinder project. In case you don't remember, this was a small linux-based server appliance started by Corel Computer, which died when Rebel.com went under. See also the National Post article."

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Basic Idea is Good

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The Netwinder has in it a great idea, which will succeed at some point.

That is, Internet access through a dedicated appliance that is cheaper, easier to use and has a smaller footprint than a conventional general purpose PC.

Linux can help with this in one respect I'm sure: Windows is an expensive part of many PCs.

But the other ingredients are no less critical: nice form factor (take a lesson from Apple), good marketing.

What has changed?

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The first line of the article states in reference to the Netwinder appliance:

"The technology product that drove Rebel.com's business plan and also led to its demise is being resurrected to create a new Ottawa company."

Perhaps I am missing something, but what would make these investors believe that the final outcome of this new venture will prove to be any more profitable? If anything, I would point to the current state of the world's economy as even more reason not to resurrect a once-dead product of the infamous Dot-Com era...