Re: July 21, 2005

Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:

>I think Linux will also do well in markets like PVRs, routers and
>other internet appliances people will have around the house. I am
>really surprised that nobody has succeeded yet at making and
>selling cheap internet devices based on Linux.
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I would consider the Linksys WRT54g, as well as it's competitors and
peers to meet this qualification quite well. Even more importantly they
have brought the freedom and power associated with it new scale of
consumer class device.

And the device that popularized the PVR, TiVo, is also based on linux.

That said, no, Linux is not quite cleaning up the desktop market like I
had also imagined, but forward progress is still being made.

-JohnF