Hello all,
Yes that is good news. Good news indeed!!!
david
At 01:41 AM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hey Guys. This is the summary of the Corel announcement today, written by
>Russell Nelson (written to slashdot.org):
>
>Eid Eid said (as head of corelcomputer) that all the system software for
>the NetWinder (their desktop computer originally envisioned as a Java thin
>client but which is now a Linux desktop) will be under the GPL. He noted
>that, if you want to be a major player, you can't play by Microsoft's
>rules. IBM couldn't do it with all their resources. Nobody can. You must
>build success elsewhere. Freedom is the key to that success.
>
>He pointed out that restricting distribution of your software is only a
>small part of creating value. Particularly for a hardware company such as
>his, the OS is infrastructure.
>
>Michael Cowpland said that he was proud to become a part of the Linux
>community. He committed to making native ports of all Corel software to
>Linux. He liked the idea of the OS being free and open. He likes Java, but
>Java is building slower than Linux. Java can act as the glue to pull
>various bits together.
>
>In later questioning, he said that he couldn't see how he could GPL
>Corel's software and still make money.
>
>Some points of the NetWinder:
>
> 300 MHZ Dec StrongARM, delivering ~250-260 MIPS
> 32 Megs of 10ns SDRAM, expandable to 128 Megs
> Up to 3 gigabyte internal EIDE Fast-ATA disk, laptop formfactor
> DUAL ethernet interfaces, one 10 and the other 10/100, both TP
> 16 bit soundblaster(tm) compatible sound, onboard speaker and
> onboard microphone with stereo audio in and out jacks.
> SVGA Graphics with onboard 64 bit 2 meg video ram, both SVGA *and*
> NTSC jacks, 30 fps NTSC video capture
> Will boot in many different ways (uses a mini kernel to boot)
> winmodem with driver.
> NO floppy.
> IRDA AND 40Khz IR for remote control (in and out)
> one parallel, one serial
> telco handset jack (e.g. for Plantronics headset)
> telco line jack (e.g. for 2600 set), only it doesn't generate
> ringing voltage, but you can dial out with it
>
>This is one way cool box, with lots of interesting I/O.
>
>I buttonholed one of the marketeers, and he said that there's going to be
>a program to sell at cost to developers. The price I heard was CDN$1,000
>(~US$700). Not sure if that was developer or end-user cost. Probably the
>latter.
>
>
>
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