Comment Re:Integrated VCR DVD story is insightful (Score 1) 501
Not really, it just highlights the lack of standards.
If there was an open standard for remotes and manufacturers ensured interoperability, then it wouldn't matter whose brand Satellite, DVD, VHS, etc. you bought. They would work the same at your house and at your freind's place.
Back to the topic, what the study's author did wrong is to pick a best-fit Microsoft solution for the MS side. Then he tried to make Linux jump through hoops to match Microsoft's way.
The outcome may have been quite different if he picked a best-fit Linux solution and then tried to make Microsoft conform to the Linux solution.
If there was an open standard for remotes and manufacturers ensured interoperability, then it wouldn't matter whose brand Satellite, DVD, VHS, etc. you bought. They would work the same at your house and at your freind's place.
Back to the topic, what the study's author did wrong is to pick a best-fit Microsoft solution for the MS side. Then he tried to make Linux jump through hoops to match Microsoft's way.
The outcome may have been quite different if he picked a best-fit Linux solution and then tried to make Microsoft conform to the Linux solution.
