Offered the choice between another device or getting the internet through the TV, I think the people who have not got a PC by now are far more likely to go for the TV option.
WebTV set top boxes have been around several years and I really don't know anyone who owns one. I'm an embedded systems programmer for a company who designs and manufactures set top boxes for video conferencing; we considered this idea a year and a half ago - really couldn't see a big market for it then. However, if HDTV ever gets off the ground then, yes, I see potential. Higher bandwidth and better resolution without the need of a PC or an xDSL/cable modem connection...
Yeah..I started out with Red Hat - RH 6.0 to be exact. Since then I've compiled and installed a couple of kernels and modified the RH INIT scripts to suite my needs; I don't download RPMs - only sources and I haven't visited RH's web site in I don't know how long. I started out with RH simply because a friend at work had it. If he had had Slackware, Debian, or whatever I would've used that...period. I didn't ask for RH but he had RH so I used that. So what am I running now? The mess that I created and love...plain and simple.
This is about marketing. RH has enjoyed success with Linux and all this web site is doing is making the potential money-pocket stuffers aware that there are more companies distributing and supporting Linux. Great...I don't have a problem with that - I'll sign...
I have a friend who has connections in the music industry; he informed me that when a CD is sold, the "artists" who recorded it only see "pennies" - a small percentage of the actual proceeds. If I were going to start a band, I would avoid the music industry and go directly to the consumer via the internet. You could sell your music for a couple of bucks - much less than US$14 or US$15 you pay at your local CD store - and, if done right, still make a nice profit. But, then again, I can't play an instrument, cant' sing, and I'm terrible at business. So I'd probably go broke...nevermind.
I don't know if I would pay for it, but if a port for Linux existed I would definately try it out (the trial version, that is). The WPS' OO environment is top-notched.
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Yeah..I started out with Red Hat - RH 6.0 to be exact. Since then I've compiled and installed a couple of kernels and modified the RH INIT scripts to suite my needs; I don't download RPMs - only sources and I haven't visited RH's web site in I don't know how long. I started out with RH simply because a friend at work had it. If he had had Slackware, Debian, or whatever I would've used that...period. I didn't ask for RH but he had RH so I used that. So what am I running now? The mess that I created and love...plain and simple.
This is about marketing. RH has enjoyed success with Linux and all this web site is doing is making the potential money-pocket stuffers aware that there are more companies distributing and supporting Linux. Great...I don't have a problem with that - I'll sign...
I have a friend who has connections in the music industry; he informed me that when a CD is sold, the "artists" who recorded it only see "pennies" - a small percentage of the actual proceeds. If I were going to start a band, I would avoid the music industry and go directly to the consumer via the internet. You could sell your music for a couple of bucks - much less than US$14 or US$15 you pay at your local CD store - and, if done right, still make a nice profit. But, then again, I can't play an instrument, cant' sing, and I'm terrible at business. So I'd probably go broke...nevermind.
So...WRT the fusion process, how would one "make it grow large enough?"
I don't know if I would pay for it, but if a port for Linux existed I would definately try it out (the trial version, that is). The WPS' OO environment is top-notched.