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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6490"><p>Some people are doing just what you suggest. There is at least one company here in Australia selling an HTPC based on Linux/mythTV. I've heard he's not doing as well as he hoped.</p><p></p><p>I have had similar intentions having only had about 9 months employment in the last 2 years. I spent ages building a Gentoo based box before switching over to XP and MediaPortal.</p><p></p><p>The economics of Open Source software is that income is earned by way of service, not by locking people into a product they can't fix themselves and then screwing them over. Now I have to get to know MP inside/out and contribute something to the project.</p><p></p><p>However, starting a business is no small thing. I sold my house to fund the venture and so far I've done hundreds of hours research and spent a small fortune evaluating hardware but don't have a product. R&D is expensive and risky. There's more to it than just throwing a box together and sticking some software on it if you intend to support it afterwards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6490"] Some people are doing just what you suggest. There is at least one company here in Australia selling an HTPC based on Linux/mythTV. I've heard he's not doing as well as he hoped. I have had similar intentions having only had about 9 months employment in the last 2 years. I spent ages building a Gentoo based box before switching over to XP and MediaPortal. The economics of Open Source software is that income is earned by way of service, not by locking people into a product they can't fix themselves and then screwing them over. Now I have to get to know MP inside/out and contribute something to the project. However, starting a business is no small thing. I sold my house to fund the venture and so far I've done hundreds of hours research and spent a small fortune evaluating hardware but don't have a product. R&D is expensive and risky. There's more to it than just throwing a box together and sticking some software on it if you intend to support it afterwards. [/QUOTE]
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