By Sharon Jackson in Reader
Posted in open source, gadgets on June 23, 2008 at 9:00 am
Linux’ market share is steadily increasing, especially with these Asus EEE’s and Dell etc. So why don’t major companies develop their products for Linux users?
I’ve come across two occurences where if you’re a Linux user you’re at a disadvantage.
Sky are offering their SkyPlayer - but, according to their TV advert it’s ‘XP & Vista compatible’. Goodness, even the Macs seem to be getting left out here.
I’ve also been looking at getting one of those 3 dongles so I can surf from my local coffee shop (not much wi-fi in sunny Morecambe). As I’m hoping for pennies for my upcoming birthday so I can get an Asus I contacted 3 to ensure it worked with Linux. ‘Sorry but no’ was the reply. Although, I have seen an article somewhere stating they do - but the point is officially they are not.
OK, I know there’s WINE etc but is there some big problem with developing stuff for Linux that I’m not aware of?
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Loading ...Comment by Shalva - June 23, 2008 on 9:56 am
You can use the 3 dongle in Linux,I’m using it on my Ubuntu. But Linux is not supported by Huawei, the hardware maker. It’s the lack of drivers from hardware manufactuers tha tis holding Linux back.
Comment by - June 23, 2008 on 11:46 am
It’s a chicken and egg problem. Most hardware vendors develop drivers for Windows because that is the most popular platform, the one (in their view) most likely to garner them financial success. They’re also often in fierce competition with some competitor, and corporate espionage is not uncommon, so they may be inclined to take a dim view of openness in general and Open Source Software in particular. Add that all up and you get historically sub-par driver support in Linux, which means that companies like Dell and Asus have less of an incentive to build product lines around Linux. No product lines, no market share. Back to square one.
If Linux crests 5% total market share you may see an interesting tipping point. I’m interested to see Dell’s next move.
Comment by mistermeister - June 23, 2008 on 12:58 pm
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Comment by JulesLt - June 24, 2008 on 7:26 am
Well Sky are no worse than Channel 4 in that respect, or even the BBCs first version of the iPlayer, which used MS DRM rather than streaming Flash content.
Turn the problem on it’s head - the problem is that the broadcasters (Sky, BBC, C4, etc) need to satisfy the content producers that their on-line solutions have some sort of DRM.
And there is no open DRM solution. The nature of Linux would make it a mockery anyway (given the ease with which you could customise the O/S to record video output).
I’ll also confirm the 3G cards work - it’s a bit like ISPs who insist they don’t support connection via wireless routers. There’s a difference between unsupported and something not working.
Comment by - June 30, 2008 on 12:15 pm
Woohoo! Got a pink Asus 701 4GB on Saturday (thanks eBuyer) and just got my 3 dongle working on it. I’m mobile lol
Thanks for your replies.
NB I did know about other Linux problems like C4, maybe I should ahve stated ‘come across just two examples in last few days’ Sorry.
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