Electronic Giants Form CE Linux Forum

Posted by michael on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @06:54AM from the happy-canada-day dept.

Adam Wern writes "Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony Corporation, Hitachi, NEC Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Sharp Corporation, and Toshiba Corporation, today announced the establishment of the CE Linux Forum. CELF will discuss and formalize requirements for extensions to Linux to meet the needs of CE products such as audio/visual products and cellular phones, etc. CELF will publish such requirements and will accept and evaluate open source solutions that support to meet the published requirements. CELF will also promote broad usage of Linux for CE products. IBM, an industry leader in Linux solutions and supporter of open standards ecosystems, is pursuing membership and plans to be an active participant in the CELF."

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linux != open by CBackSlash · 2003-07-01 07:16 · Score: 1, Troll

you seem to have the misguided belief that by using linux, these manufacturers will open up their protocols / comm interfaces.
Just your friendly reminder that just because you're using linux, it doesn't mean you have to be open.
sure, some stuff like modifications required to pass certification will be shared with members of the Forum. but beyond that (and stuff required by the licenses), I wouldn't expect any open-ness from any of these vendors.