http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue12/LU12-ebenmoglen.html The economics of the palmtop market are about to change drastically, as global consumer electronics firms release palmtop products that compete with established devices sold at high markups only possible for proprietary technology. Prices are going to drop sharply; thus the idea of using free software for all but the top layer of software in palmtop devices is overwhelmingly attractive. Microsoft will have trouble remaining in the appliance market once manufacturers have learned that the GPL doesn't prevent them from putting a thin proprietary layer on top of a GNU/Linux system and embedding that combination in their hardware. They will get the superb reliability of free software, and a global codebase, at zero marginal cost and low fixed cost. Windows CE and all follow-ons will be dead, and Microsoft will be excluded from the smallest computers that do real work, which is where the future of the industry always lies. Checkmate. []s -- Edgard Lemos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usu�rio Linux n� 135479 Assinantes em 16/06/2001: 2313 Mensagens recebidas desde 07/01/1999: 118336 Historico e [des]cadastramento: http://linux-br.conectiva.com.br Assuntos administrativos e problemas com a lista: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
