This is one of those situations that're tough, because there are (at least that I see), two problems here.
1. Linux isn't necessarily (that's the keyword) that easy to setup and use. Things such as adding icons, adjusting controls, file management just aren't that easy, especially in a world dominated by Windows. People are too used to doing everything on a machine with admin rights, how many people are going to be willing to give that up?
2. Windows still dominates the OEMs these days by offering them insane pricing and attempts to force them to stick with just Windows. A company with that kind of power generally will win out.
That argument holds ground, to a point: if you shrink the top:
DaimlerChrysler
Ford
Fleetwood
BMW
Nissan
Mercedes
Doesn't look so huge now, does it? You fail to expand what cars GM offers... that would make the list just as long. Basically, each has major manufacturers on board, and each has their own merits. Don't provide the biased view for Sirius without looking at who owns the car company.
As for hardware, XM has a lot more in lines of portable equipment, and is really attempting to get equipment into the home, with offerings like XM Ready receivers that take an antenna and boom, it's an XM radio, or the MyFi.
Sirius has some better equipment than they used to have, but it's all generally shit.
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This is one of those situations that're tough, because there are (at least that I see), two problems here.
1. Linux isn't necessarily (that's the keyword) that easy to setup and use. Things such as adding icons, adjusting controls, file management just aren't that easy, especially in a world dominated by Windows. People are too used to doing everything on a machine with admin rights, how many people are going to be willing to give that up?
2. Windows still dominates the OEMs these days by offering them insane pricing and attempts to force them to stick with just Windows. A company with that kind of power generally will win out.
That argument holds ground, to a point: if you shrink the top: DaimlerChrysler Ford Fleetwood BMW Nissan Mercedes Doesn't look so huge now, does it? You fail to expand what cars GM offers... that would make the list just as long. Basically, each has major manufacturers on board, and each has their own merits. Don't provide the biased view for Sirius without looking at who owns the car company. As for hardware, XM has a lot more in lines of portable equipment, and is really attempting to get equipment into the home, with offerings like XM Ready receivers that take an antenna and boom, it's an XM radio, or the MyFi. Sirius has some better equipment than they used to have, but it's all generally shit.
C'mon... Mindlink anyone?