The last one: The lines will blur until they disappear. Then there will be another fork. This is how innovation gets done in the open source world.

Hans

For all the talk about Android on netbooks, there is precious little hands-on experience. I am taking a “wait and see” stance, but I think the suppliers see it as a way to make more money on a low profit margin product. They all drool over Apple's app store and want an Android equivalent.

About the only way to achieve electronic DRM protection is to embedded the
de-crypt hardware in the silicon of the LCD itself – -
Which does not prohibit slick, synchronous, optical means to capture the frames.
- – - -
Of course, that would first require the entertainment industry to turn out something
worth watching enough to go to the effort.
- – - -
Until the de-crypt chip can be embedded in the optical nerve, between the eyeball
and the brain – DRM is a waste of good peoples time and money.

About the only way to achieve electronic DRM protection is to embedded the
de-crypt hardware in the silicon of the LCD itself – -
Which does not prohibit slick, synchronous, optical means to capture the frames.
- – - -
Of course, that would first require the entertainment industry to turn out something
worth watching enough to go to the effort.
- – - -
Until the de-crypt chip can be embedded in the optical nerve, between the eyeball
and the brain – DRM is a waste of good peoples time and money.