On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:44 -0600, Jeremy wrote: > > ] = quoted from http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/ [some good info] > > I'll admit this is impressive for $99, especially when compared to a > WebTV. It comes with a unix-like OS too, maybe this could be turned > into a cheap X terminal running that or a stripped down linux with the > 16mb flash only. But 16mb isn't much space! > > It's obvious that this company is expecting to make their profits with > the internet service @ $22/month. This is similar to how game consoles > are so cheap because they make money off the games. Game consoles are a good example. They are made just to play these games. Nothing else (forget Dreamcaster). So the designer/manufacturer can leave out other things. So they are cheap compared to computers. My impression is that iopener was never made and never meant to be a full-size computer. It was designed and made to surf on the web, do your emails and (maybe) use a PIM on it. Although, leaving out the ESC-key makes me wonder... wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request ------------------------------------------------------------------- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
