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Authored by: al_dunsmuir on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 10:54 AM EDT |
I'm guessing that the anonymous poster meant ASUS.
That would be a reference
to alleged payments made or pressure applied to ASUS by Microsoft to stop
producing Linux-based netbooks.
See Linux on
Netbooks: The Smoking Gun - Updated 2Xs.
The original comment seems
backwards. As noted, Samsung is a strong Linux supporter.
- From my
personal experience, my Samsung Blue-Ray player is Linux based, and does
firmware updates quite nicely over my internet via a RG-45 LAN connection! This
unit has nice built-in You-Tube and NetFlix access.
- This replaced a
"high end" Sony DVD player that grew increasingly unable to handle new DVDs
(would simply hang and never reach the DVD menu). The firmware apparently had a
number of serious bugs related to handling copy protection, and the ROM was only
replaceable through a Sony service centre for $100. Subject to class action
lawsuit in USA, but no relief in Canada. No thank you!
A second Sony DVD
player purchased later simply refused to function one day... shortly after the
warranty expired.
Fool me once, Sony, shame on you... fool me twice, shame on
me
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 11:35 AM EDT |
Excuse me but didn't Samsung bow to pressure from Microsoft and their
IP-liability spiel and aren't they consequently paying a fee per Android device
to Microsoft - which is elegantly passed on to the customer as a de facto
penalty for not choosing Microsoft?
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