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TiVo to Aim for PC Desktop
Dave writes "Ars Technica has reported on TiVo's fourth quarter earnings call, and I was interested to see that the company is looking at providing some kind of desktop service for computers." The details are pretty sparse, so it'll be intriguing to see what they've got planned.
It doesn't matter what happens, Linux and Windows users will remain loyal to the x86 platform so they can continue to leverage their "investments" in commodity boxes they built for $500 back in 1998. Never mind that the Mac Mini offers a secure and more elegant solution than neither Linux or Windows will *ever* offer. No matter that it consumes 1/10 the power of a typical PC. I know, I know... you want the most CPU bang from you buck and only a 500 Gigahertz Ultra Pentium IV will do. Otherwise Firefox will take 20 seconds to launch. And anyway you don't care about "userspace" or GUIs anyway and just toggle between virtual consoles. The dirty little secret of the GNU/Linux world is that every sanctimonious open source user boots into a pirated copy of MS Windows whenever they want ot watch the new Star Wars trailer and have failed to configure their soundcard under Slackware for the umpteenth time.