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Linux for Home Electronics

Posted by michael on from the it's-just-better-with-the-penguin dept.

ives writes "Matsushita (Panasonic) and Sony are going to develop a Linux platform for digital home electronic devices. The nice thing is that they want to release the jointly developed source code for this project under the GPL. The press release mentions open source, the GPL and even Richard Stallman :^)."

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  1. Good by horcy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now i can finally run linux on my electrical toothbrush... w00t

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    1. Re:Good by Greedo · · Score: 5, Funny

      There is a joke about your tooth being rooted in here, I'm sure ...

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  2. Home and Linux? by pgregg · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmmm, nice moniker: HAL

    Now we know whats going to happen when the kernel is in charge....

  3. Cold down here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell really is freezing over. Please send us some hot coffee down here asap.

  4. Great definition from the article by TeknoHog · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Source Code: a computer program describing software algorithm written in source language"

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  5. The press release mentions ... Richard Stallman by stratjakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, to be fair it specifically says:

    "TELL THAT BEARDED LUNATIC TO STOP CALLING US!"

    It could mean almost anyone (whos a bearded lunatic).

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  6. Re:This is A Good Thing by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Create a standard for it all, and you've got some remarkable integration.

    But I don't want my toaster oven noticing that this is the third time this week I've had toast slathered with 1/4 stick of butter and two teaspoons of honey, double checking with the bathroom scale, collaborating with the fridge to lock me out, then instructing my tivo to stop recording the x-files and start recording all those home workout shows and exercise infomercials, then finally telling my puter not to let me log into /. until I do a few situps first.

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  7. Re:Wow by RealAlaskan · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... that for them to support open development of GPL software is really much like the Pope encouraging contraction!

    Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but given the Catholic Church's position on contraception, and the fact that ``contraction''s are what force the baby out, I'd say that the Pope does encourage contraction!

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  8. Re:Wow by m_cuffa · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean "contraception", right? I'm not so sure the Pope loses sleep at night over whether the Expos and Twins will be losing their ballclubs... ;)