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b_k · 09-30-2006, 07:17 AM

I like this quote from Linux vs. Windows:
Windows is a toy for one purpose that can't be customized, Linux is like LEGO, you can make it the way you want.
For the iLiad and the Sony Reader:
The Reader is a system with one purpose, the iLiad is the LEGO bricks here (well, once the SDK comes out.)

If you want something that simply runs go for the Sony, but i hope the iLiad will get opened for the "OSS community" in some time. I still have the example of the SIMPad in my eyes, a WinCE tablet that got abandoned by SIemens, but they were nice enough to modify the bootloader so you can run Linux on it. And I can say that thing was great (I sold it).

09-30-2006, 07:17 AM	#32
b_k Übernerd Posts: 238 Karma: 74 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: iRex iLiad	I like this quote from Linux vs. Windows: Windows is a toy for one purpose that can't be customized, Linux is like LEGO, you can make it the way you want. For the iLiad and the Sony Reader: The Reader is a system with one purpose, the iLiad is the LEGO bricks here (well, once the SDK comes out.) If you want something that simply runs go for the Sony, but i hope the iLiad will get opened for the "OSS community" in some time. I still have the example of the SIMPad in my eyes, a WinCE tablet that got abandoned by SIemens, but they were nice enough to modify the bootloader so you can run Linux on it. And I can say that thing was great (I sold it). Last edited by b_k; 09-30-2006 at 07:45 AM.