The company I work for just deployed Minerva middleware.
Minerva does not chose the OS that goes on the set top boxes, the set top box manufacturers do. Minerva then provides an API that the set top manufacturers write interfaces to if they want their box to be compatible with Minerva middleware. (Most do since the other middleware manufacturers don't seem to work right, or at least at the time of our evaluation they didn't).
The set top box, out of the box comes from the set top box manufacturer, you get OS upgrades that are the responsibility of the manufacturer. The set top box then downloads Minerva's java based software that also runs on the set-top-box and provides the bridge between the set-top-box OS functions and those functions implemented by Minerva.
The manufacturer, (we've used three so far in labs, Amino, Scientific Atlanta and ADB) often distributes or names the OS for whatever Middleware the particular OS was tuned for.
How this factors in GPL and licensing, I don't know.
What I thought was just a strange dream turned out to be one of my earliest memories. I kept having this reoccuring dream that I, my grandma and my grandpa were at a train station in the locker area sitting on a bench in front of the lockers. I was eating some potatoe chips and my grandma had a very bright orange/red coat on. After mentioning it to them, they were quite suprized that I remembered that. I was between 3 and 4 years old at the time according to what they say.
The second most distant memory I can remember is the scariest. I was almost 5 when the whole family went to disney world to visit my aunt. Mr. Toads cars scared the hell outta me. I would turn left, the car would go right... heading straight towards the wall then the wall would fly open!! (I was 5 gimme a break):) Oh, and I almost drowned in the 5 foot pool after going down the water slide. My mom picked me out in just enough time for my aunt, who was sitting on some sort of tiger or lion thingy on the side of the pool, to squirt me in the mouth with water. (The water shot out of the lions mouth). I didn't enjoy myself too much there I believe. LOL
are there tutorials out there on this kind of stuff?
this seems very interesting to me and I would like to play around at home with a few machines I have.
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The company I work for just deployed Minerva middleware. Minerva does not chose the OS that goes on the set top boxes, the set top box manufacturers do. Minerva then provides an API that the set top manufacturers write interfaces to if they want their box to be compatible with Minerva middleware. (Most do since the other middleware manufacturers don't seem to work right, or at least at the time of our evaluation they didn't). The set top box, out of the box comes from the set top box manufacturer, you get OS upgrades that are the responsibility of the manufacturer. The set top box then downloads Minerva's java based software that also runs on the set-top-box and provides the bridge between the set-top-box OS functions and those functions implemented by Minerva. The manufacturer, (we've used three so far in labs, Amino, Scientific Atlanta and ADB) often distributes or names the OS for whatever Middleware the particular OS was tuned for. How this factors in GPL and licensing, I don't know.
What I thought was just a strange dream turned out to be one of my earliest memories. I kept having this reoccuring dream that I, my grandma and my grandpa were at a train station in the locker area sitting on a bench in front of the lockers. I was eating some potatoe chips and my grandma had a very bright orange/red coat on. After mentioning it to them, they were quite suprized that I remembered that. I was between 3 and 4 years old at the time according to what they say. The second most distant memory I can remember is the scariest. I was almost 5 when the whole family went to disney world to visit my aunt. Mr. Toads cars scared the hell outta me. I would turn left, the car would go right... heading straight towards the wall then the wall would fly open!! (I was 5 gimme a break) :) Oh, and I almost drowned in the 5 foot pool after going down the water slide. My mom picked me out in just enough time for my aunt, who was sitting on some sort of tiger or lion thingy on the side of the pool, to squirt me in the mouth with water. (The water shot out of the lions mouth). I didn't enjoy myself too much there I believe. LOL
are there tutorials out there on this kind of stuff? this seems very interesting to me and I would like to play around at home with a few machines I have.