__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 25 March 2007 07:46 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Linux is de facto OS for TV set-top boxes
>>
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>>| "The major chipset manufacturers are introducing new Linux platforms
>>| almost monthly," said Ken Helps, managing director of Ocean Blue
>>| Software.
>>|
>>| The attraction is that the Linux operating system will support
>>| advanced functions without requiring a license fee.
>> `----
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http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6426925&partner=eb&spacedesc=news
>> http://tinyurl.com/2zofx9
>
> That licence fee would be the key issue, wouldn't it? As
> commoditisation continues in all these markets, then paying licence fees
> for proprietary layers will not be sustainable.
To put a slant, these royalties are "like a cancer that attaches itself to
everything it touches".
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