Internet Week: Small Appliances Take On Big Roles | Linux Today

Internet Week: Small Appliances Take On Big Roles

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 1999

“Cobalt Networks Inc…. plans to market the Cobalt Networks
Qube 2 version of its network server appliance-designed to supply
Internet connectivity, e-mail, Web publishing, document management
and file sharing-to small and medium-sized businesses and schools.
The Qube 2… runs… Linux…”

“Corel Corp… is shipping the NetWinder Group Server, a server
appliance designed to provide Internet connectivity for workgroups
and small businesses. The server runs the StrongARM RISC
microprocessor and Linux…”

“It provides support for writing and publishing Web pages,
e-mail services, threaded discussions, document indexing and
searching, and file sharing and transfer…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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