I found this note on InfoWorld today, linking Blu-Ray, Java, and a free
software repository. On the off chance that the story and the links in
it are useful to someone, I am posting the link
<http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3217299/121109532/112375/0/>.
On the other hand, the suspicious paranoid in me wonders this: if there
is really a JVM in a Blu-Ray player, would it be possible for someone to
hide a virus in a Blu-Ray disk, such that it would do something
unpleasant when a disk was mounted or played. While most of these are on
dumb stuff like TVs, have you ever read the list of software licenses
mentioned in a typical HDTV boot? Maybe my HDTV is running Linux inside,
I wouldn't fall off my chair to learn that it does!
Enjoy.
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Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still
be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark
