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On the other side, there are more open source projects out there than you can shake a stick at with great ideas but are under resourced, so at large part of me encourages the Boxee staff to get a proof of concept out first, then concentrate on making the world happy after that proof of concept has been successful.
The idea that you can tie in a revenue stream to Boxee is also a great idea for developers at least, because it certainly creates an incentive to get things done, and Apple's iTunes is a perfect example of having a media centre/buying portal that works. However I'd strongly encourage not overly Americanising it if it wants universal appeal - there's nothing more frustrating than not being able to use a key feature because I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Also, if it goes down the route of digital distribution, that brings a whole bag of DRM issues too - is that compatible with an open source lifestyle?
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