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Netwinder now by Rebel.com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the amazing-name-game dept.

victim writes "HCC which aquired the Netwinder is now Rebel.com - technology with an attitude. They offer everything from preloaded Netwinder web servers to custom hardware design and build with a heavy commitment to Linux in the enterprise. press release. " SGI, HCC, Cygnus. This is getting annoying.

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  1. Here we go again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    In the early 1980's there was a Canadian company called, I think, Bytec, then Bytec-Comterm, then eventually Comterm. They had a totally cool portable computer called the Hyperion which never quite took off. It had an integral screen, dual floppies and a place to store the (full size) keyboard. It was a quarter the weight of a Compaq sewing machine (Compaq was just starting out at the time.)

    It seemed to me that it was another example of a good product which went down the tubes due to loss of corporate identity and the consequential poor marketing. It looks like the same fate is destined for the Netwinder. Is there something about hardware designed in Canada which is related to this phenomenon? Corel -> HCC -> rebel.com, good lord how the hell are you supposed to find information on the damn thing?

    And now the Netwinder name is being given to machines which have nothing to do with the original Netwinder - they're Intel-based boxes! The "real" Netwinder is buried in a sea of .htm (ptui!) pages for competing products.

    Pity.

  2. This is a rebel? by daviddennis · · Score: 3
    Does this quote the "Products" section of their web page sound like it came from a rebel?
    Rebel.com delivers technology solutions for a connected world. We know that rapid technological change, increased connectivity and organizational change pose significant risks to enterprise stability. Whether your enterprise faces expansion into new business areas, acquisitions/mergers or new technology, Rebel.com delivers the people, products and power to manage change with intelligence, foresight and improved return on IT investment.
    Is conformist.com available? Seems like it would suit these guys to a T.

    D

    PS conformist.com is an incomprehensible site that fills your screen with its windows. Annoying. There's so little actual content on the site that I'd bet they'd be open to a reasonable offer. Call them, Rebels!
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