>From Tom's Hardware Site:
"The future of digital TV set-top boxes may not
involve Microsoft. At least that what a gang of DTV
developers are pushing for. Twenty-four cable,
satellite, and telecommunications tech companies have
gotten together with the intention of producing Linux
standards for the burgeoning STB industry. The TV
Linux Alliance includes heavy hitters like ACTV, ATI,
Broadcom, Concurrent Computer Corp., Conexant,
Convergence Integrated Media, DIVA, Excite@Home,
iSurfTV, Liberate Technologies, Lineo, MontaVista,
Motorola, nCUBE, OpenTV, Pace Micro, Qpass, ReplayTV,
STMicroelectronics, Sun Microsystems, TiVo, Trintech,
TV Gateway and WorldGate. The organization says that
using Linux for STBs will “improve time-to-market and
product robustness in the advanced set-top box
market.” The Alliance intends to define a standard
application programming interface (API) to simplify
the implementation of TV middleware and device drivers
for the Linux operating environment. In other words,
they want to let network operators pick products from
vendors without worrying about whether they will be
compatible. Obviously, Microsoft is not on the list of
members."
ZD article may think that Linux will not be on the
desktop...so that leaves the rest of the world...
Pete
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