Do you know if its possible to get our hands on that NetBSD port?
	:)

		David/absolute

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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Anders Magnusson wrote:

> > On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Darren Reed wrote:
> > 
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/990114-000001.html
> > > If NetBSD runs on those boxes, is it worth trying to sell it to Corel ?
> > 
> > This would be the NetWinder; more info on the boxes is at
> > www.corelcomputer.com. NetBSD does not run on them, although someone
> > (Mark?) once mentioned to me that it's probably only a couple of
> > days' work to port.
> > 
> > I don't know why they went with Linux rather than NetBSD, given
> > that NetBSD would probably have been the easier port. Probably just
> > because Linux is a bigger name.
> > 
> I've been told that it is a marketing issue; Linux is more 'hot' today
> and therefore it was a better choice. I've also been told that Corel
> had NetBSD running on their NetWinder's long before the Linux port was
> finished, but that's another story.
> 
> -- Ragge
>