Tapping Linux as an application framework for consumer electronics (EDN) [LWN.net]

Benoit Schillings writes about the advantages of using Linux for a consumer electronics platform in an EDN article. "Independent research company Venture Development Corp has forecast that the market for embedded-software services for Linux-based devices will continue on an upward trend through 2007. In a recent report, VDC notes several factors, including demand from developers for access to and control of source code, which the open-source software model permits, helping to drive demand for Linux in the embedded-system market. VDC also notes developers' demand for royalty-free runtime software."

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Tapping Linux as an application framework for consumer electronics (EDN)

Posted Oct 27, 2006 7:07 UTC (Fri) by myopiate (subscriber, #41091) [Link]

The article was written by the CTO of Trolltech, purveyor of Linux operating systems for mobile phones. It also sounds like it was lifted directly from Trolltech's marketing material.

I do not agree with
"Driving the consumer-electronics market is a strong demand to maximize the user-interface experience with applications that require richer content". IMHO Keeping up with Jones'in combination with the short lifetime of newer phones drives the market more than "richer content".

Now being able to hack a Greenphone like my Linux box at home, thats what putting Linux on a phone should be about right? Why hasn't the article mentioned this product?