> >Ugh, then I found this site. http://bell-2216.cheg.uark.edu/~iopener/
> >Simply put netpliance has done some ugly hacking on these themselves.
> >Wonder if thier 'hack proofing' will shorten the systems lifespan.
> One can hope, tons of bad karma and just maybe a bug crept in during the
> hacking of the bios that is now epoxied in, the company goes down the
> toilet and all the original hackable systems show up for sale even cheaper
> with no QNX to run on.
Stock is already dropping to ~11 USD.
In my mind it's again a typical example how a company
is created to market a usefull idea, but soon the suit
and business plan guys take over - of course they are
missing the guts to stand a situation of free market.
Everybody is yelling for 'Visions' but as soon as they
apear, no business plan will allow them to survive...
Gruss
H.
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