If you look at, for example, a number of different cameras within a given manufacturer's line, you see a lot of commonality in the user interfaces, menus, etc. It's pretty clear that many of the major manufacturers (e.g. Canon, Nikon, Pentax, etc.) have their own proprietary operating systems that they customize and evolve for each new camera. Since digital cameras are high-volume items, it's probably significantly more profitable to keep this development in-house rather than pay royalties to, say, Microsoft (or even PalmSource).
From what I've seen in the marketplace, many companies seem to be extremely reluctant to incorporate Microsoft software into their products if they don't have to.
--Mark
"Mishka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i am curious when the first camera that runs
- MSWindows (of some kind)
- Linux
- PalmOS
will appear. any bets?
(of course one can say that it's already there: any PDA with a digicam
with it -- but i mean, a *real* camera, with an API under a real OS)
mishka
