On February 19, 2007 at 10:21, Audible Solutions said...
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I did not write the above. I agree that nowhere previously
did you suggest a hardware paradigm but I think it reasonable
to conclude from the above that you expect to deploy your
software into this sort of hardware configuration. Otherwise,
who gives a damn whether you are running XP, Ly nix, or
a proprietary OS? As long as your application is residing
safe and secure in a separate box from the one being used
for "movies, TV, pictures and music" I have little problem
with your point. But no client cares about the OS. He
wants a system that works for a price he is willing to
pay. What you wrote above suggests that you expect to
deploy your application on the front end not the back.
These are very different solutions.
We finally agree, I was simply making a point that they may already own a peice of the system, this is where the CI company comes in and has the attachment sell in making the PC into a properly designed and architected home automation and media sharing system that takes advantage of the platform. The architecture, now exposed, is to have a dedicated XP embedded controller running the critical peices of the home control system that is not subject to any of the peices that have been raised as concerns in this blog. The MCE boxes are just the front end, and still can be stripped and made very stable.
