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The people integrating it into their TV hardware will need consultancy services, not the end-users.
by semanticist 15y ago
The people integrating it into their TV hardware will need consultancy services, not the end-users.
- jiggy2011 15y agoI can't imagine providing a few support services to a handful of TV manufacturers is much of a business model especially since they have the option of not using the support at all or only using it a small number of times until they have enough in house knowledge not to need it anymore or they have customized the setup to the extent that canonical can no longer support it. It doesn't have the same potential as the server market where there are 1000s of various size companies using Linux servers with different configurations. If I was developing some software to be integrated into hardware devices I'd want either a license fee payed per month/year to use the software or I'd want a cut from each box sold. The only way they could achieve this is by making their TV software proprietary.