tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post4881682747565742009..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Project Canvas Will be *Linux* BasedGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-66368737587349030372010-09-13T09:18:42.090+00:002010-09-13T09:18:42.090+00:00Just goes to show that cultural oppression is alwa...Just goes to show that cultural oppression is always a matter of context...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-85398427838582666282010-09-13T09:17:58.011+00:002010-09-13T09:17:58.011+00:00@Gentoo: thanks for raising this - see update to p...@Gentoo: thanks for raising this - see update to post.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-58446970979089690202010-09-13T01:51:57.447+00:002010-09-13T01:51:57.447+00:00@Glynn: And here I thought US Television was the e...@Glynn: And here I thought US Television was the epitome of cultural oppression and considered at least half of the stuff the UK exported as refreshing in comparison... Shows you just how bad off TV is here in the States...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-58995898423019511332010-09-12T20:21:49.296+00:002010-09-12T20:21:49.296+00:00I'm not sure I get this. If I understand thin...I'm not sure I get this. If I understand things correctly The BBC are creating a walled garden which will leverage BBC content to promote Canvas as an integrated "content consumption" device. That buried in there somewhere is a Linux core doesn't mean that I'll be able to run a "Canvas" app on my Linux device any time soon, <br /><br />Why is that a good thing?Gentoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063939954837162413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-85249999133599299322010-09-12T10:40:26.603+00:002010-09-12T10:40:26.603+00:00@techpractical: I don't think it's unusual...@techpractical: I don't think it's unusual when setting these kind of standards that they should try to create a homogeneous ecosystem; what's unusual is that they specified Linux and not some closed-source option as they have in the past.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-84177922824312705172010-09-12T10:31:05.795+00:002010-09-12T10:31:05.795+00:00So they mandate the operating system it runs on? S...So they mandate the operating system it runs on? Seems to me that companies should be able to use whichever operating system they want. NetBSD, anyone?<br /><br />Activities like these curtail the freedom of vendors and customers to create/buy a device that best suits their needs.techpracticalhttp://twitter.com/techpracticalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-57364345391500748552010-09-10T20:54:33.088+00:002010-09-10T20:54:33.088+00:00Not quite sure what you mean "to promote cult...Not quite sure what you mean "to promote culture oppression": do you mean the DRM, or imposing British TV on people?<br /><br />Anyway, I regard Project Canvas rather as I regard Android: indubitably flawed, but better than the closed-source alternatives...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-24680649387267191662010-09-10T20:32:45.323+00:002010-09-10T20:32:45.323+00:00So you are happy that something that's the mos...So you are happy that something that's the most prominent sign of software freedom will be use to promote culture oppression?? <br /><br />Vanity real is more important than values!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com