idea: a managed linux distribution, for weak users

[Billy Crook]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:09, Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO
<brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:
>
> There is an untapped market of people that feel they are too stupid to even
> own a PC.

Oh, but they sure do enjoy the funny commercials, Mac users....  The
rich ones already have macs, and enjoy having overpaid. The poor ones,
if you could distract them from wearing black clothing for a few
minutes would be the target audience.

> Microsoft was too early with the WebTV idea and too expensive.
> Other problem was that the WebTV stuff blocked the TV watching.   It would
> be cool to have a separate PC that could send stupid videos from Gootube to
> the TV so everyone could watch some punk hurt himself.

Heh, Maybe the DVR is/will become this platform.  All you need to do
is add a browser, and ability to 'timeshift' flash animations, and
you'd have a NeTivo.