Linux version of XP Media Center

Wade Smart wade at wadesmart.com
Sat Nov 25 22:51:32 UTC 2006


11252006 1650 GMT-6

Well, thats the problem. MS promises all of this and then this company
takes it and says it does this and that but - it all fails too often.
That is why I was asked for a linux solution - but a entire solution
isnt available yet. 

Wade

On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 22:45 +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> On 11/25/06, Wade Smart <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
> > 11252006 0748 GMT-6
> >
> > This is pretty cool. I was contacted by a large construction company to
> > consult on their "digital home" project. One of the links they sent to
> > me was this: http://www.exceptionalinnovation.com/products.php
> > What they said was, "We want THAT but not with Microsoft." I thought,
> > GREAT!!! Somebody has finally woke up! I was on the phone with the guy
> > and he said, "Hey, I like linux. I have been using this OS my kid put on
> > my computer. Ubuntu its called." It was amazing to hear someone that
> > knows nothing about computers (for the most part) to tell me he uses
> > linux in a office situation.
> >
> > So he wants to install a media center type setup but for linux. This is
> > going to have to be a from scratch thing - isnt it?
> 
> Sorry, but this sounds to be like pure marketing. Doesn't it?
> 





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