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Sean McManus --
gomi.no.sensei@gmail.com +1 360-665-2502 WA US Subject ------- Sales - 17" Frame, Open-source Question -------- I am a consultant, and have a client who has asked me to evaluate and acquire a solution
for an internal signage application. The opportunity is initially for 20-25 frames.
I have seen your frames in use before, but had a few questions.
We will never have an open platform as we do not have the resources to support such an open product in the field. It's not that we wouldn't like to, as we believe in open source and in fact use a customized base debian distribution with the addition of all our custom software on top. It's just that we can barely keep our head above water supporting our current base of users (which our non-technical consumers) (that's why we finally have started to generate a knowledge base). Opening our product up to hackers would present a support nightmare, not to mention the product liability of somebody electrocuting themselves. The last reason is why we weld our units shut and the aluminum metal must be cut and drilled to open it up!2) I am aware that your platform is Linux on a VIA embedded system. The client's application
would likely require some minor customization to the frame -- possibly filtering of an RSS
feed or special scanning treatment of a network folder (the application is not yet implemented).
Despite searching your site, I have not found any detailed information about the Linux implementation
or about accessibility to the internals. Please advise on this.
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