Re: Blu-Ray, Java, free software
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:
> I found this note on InfoWorld today, linking Blu-Ray, Java, and a free
> software repository. On the off chance that the story and the links in
> it are useful to someone, I am posting the link
> <http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3217299/121109532/112375/0/>.
Sun plans to opensource everything that's possible. It is however a matter
of time and internal resources.
> On the other hand, the suspicious paranoid in me wonders this: if there
> is really a JVM in a Blu-Ray player, would it be possible for someone to
> hide a virus in a Blu-Ray disk, such that it would do something
> unpleasant when a disk was mounted or played. While most of these are on
> dumb stuff like TVs, have you ever read the list of software licenses
> mentioned in a typical HDTV boot? Maybe my HDTV is running Linux inside,
> I wouldn't fall off my chair to learn that it does!
>From the information from Sun I received a year ago, there is java code
on the medium and thus a JVM in the player. JVMs may be small (see mobile
phones).
BTW: What's on the medium is called "Blu Ray Java".
Jörg
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