Subject: Re: New arm32 platform
To: Ted Lemon <mellon@isc.org>
From: Tony Beaumont <triffid@argonet.co.uk>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 10/23/1999 11:29:19
On 22 Oct, Ted Lemon <mellon@isc.org> wrote:

> > I posted the verbatim version of this before, however Tim said he had
> > fallen under the misaprehension it was spam (not suprisingly). So here
> > are the relevant parts with the more lurid garfinkel wank elided.

> It seemed like a pretty good article to me.   Too bad Corel chose
> Linux and not NetBSD, but way cool that they have a cheap alternative
> for people who can't afford NT servers!   It's too bad NetBSD doesn't
> have a similar turnkey system to offer... :')

> Well, actually, we kind of do - a friend of mine has a company that's
> selling NetBSD on a CD that you install on your Windows machine to
> turn it into an Internet gateway, mail and file server.  Dunno how
> they're doing - last time I talked to him they'd just announced.

> 			       _MelloN_

I don't think it should be looked at _just_ as a cheap alternative to NT
server. I would also expect anything based on Unix or Linux to be more
robust than anything based on NT. The fact that it can handle a hundred
workstations at least is indicative.

Tony