Linux is set to be the software of choice for future televisions, set top boxes and DVD recorders, consumer electronics executives and specialists said Thursday. Eight of the world's largest consumer electronics makers, including the numbers one and two Sony Corp and Matsushita of Japan, have set up an alliance to develop and promote Linux for consumer electronics products.
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Low cost and the freedom to tweak the software are reasons why eight of the world's largest consumer electronics makers, including the numbers one and two Sony Corp and Matsushita of Japan, have set up an alliance to develop and promote Linux for consumer electronics products, last month. Linux should also create a common standard to connect products from different manufacturers which currently build various proprietary systems into their devices. At the sector's largest trade fair IFA in Berlin, the first Linux products are already on show and more will come soon, companies said. |
Martin Fink, head of Linux activities at Hewlett-Packard, told Reuters in an interview: "The consumer electronics makers sell millions of devices while their profit margins are extremely slim. If they have don't have to pay royalties it works directly through to their bottom line".
Source: Yahoo! News
