[ZetaVu]

Ok, first, not talking about running btv on a tivo, but I do want to run it on meadia extenders or networked dvd players.

Second, how about you show me some reference proving windows is a more popular format for DIY pvr's? I personally have no such data, hell, I can't even get a feel for how big the DIY pvr market is. So, lacking any data to back your statement up, how about you rephrase it as your opinion.

Your last point makes some sense to me, writing in a specific code to take advantage of an OS, but yet I do not see performance improvements in btv vs sage. Both have the same video quality in my testing, in fact btv seems to be the bigger resource hog but then again they do a lot more pvr wise. With the interface I don't see any specific improvements running in net vs java vs whatever myth is (Python?) If there are specific performance benefits of btv over sage based on net vs java, what are they?

Lastly, btv tried to focus on vista, but then found that the vast majority of their customer base (over 80%) had no interest in vista. Grant it, vista did score higher than ubuntu and mac, but not by that much. Xp just works and if it could stay around forever I would not even mess with linux, but it won't, and vista and the future of m$ is crap.