Motorola Acquires IPTV Embedded Linux Developer

segphault writes "Ars Technica is covering Motorola's acquisition of Kreatel, a European company that designs Linux-based Internet Television Protocol (IPTV) technologies, including a set-top box powered by embedded Linux." From the article: "I'm not big on television (I generally prefer to wait for the shows I like to be released on DVD), but the sheer extensibility of Linux-based IPTV technologies is more than enough to capture my imagination. If provided with a good on-demand service that lets me watch what I want, when I want to watch it, I would definitely be interested. As tantalizing as this Kreatel stuff is, it appears as though the SDK isn't available to average consumers yet. I hope that Motorola has the sense to realize that a devoted fan base of eager Linux device junkies will be a good thing for the platform."

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Something about this headline makes me go all groggy. The words start to swim in front of my eyes . . .

Acquiring Motorola-developed embedded IPTV-Linux
Linux developers acquire embedded Motorola IPTVs
Embedded Linux-developed IPTVs acquired by Motorola
IPTV acquires Motorola, develops embedded Linux

Either this is the most generic Slashdot headline in recent memory or I need to get some sleep. Or it could be both.